Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20 years of age
for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,651,687 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,530,324 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$74.83 million (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.3% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Burkina Faso
Disputes - international:
two villages are in dispute along the border with Benin; Benin
accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; Burkina Faso border
regions remain a staging area for Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire rebels
and an asylum for refugees caught in local fighting; the Ivoirian
Government accuses Burkina Faso of sheltering Ivoirian rebels
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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