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Benin:
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Other pages in this profile of Benin:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 1,908,457 females age 16-49: 1,882,421 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,173,742 females age 16-49: 1,162,113 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 96,230 females age 16-49: 94,436 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.7% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition in September 2007, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intervened to attempt to resolve the dispute over two villages along the Benin-Burkina Faso border that remain from 2005 ICJ decision; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin, but border relations remain strained by rival cross-border gang clashes; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 9,444 (Togo) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition transshipment point used by Nigerian traffickers for narcotics destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations |
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