Burundi:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing) (2006)
Military service age and obligation	16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service	males age 16-49: 1,676,855 females age 16-49: 1,656,366 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 16-49: 955,616 females age 16-49: 932,767 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 91,331 females age 16-49: 90,685 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	5.9% (2006 est.)

Disputes - international	conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces have abated somewhat in the Great Lakes region; UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) completed its mandate in December 2006 after a three-year peace-keeping mission
Refugees and internally displaced persons	refugees (country of origin): 20,359 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) IDPs: 100,000 (armed conflict between government and rebels; most IDPs in northern and western Burundi) (2006)