Eritrea:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Army, Navy, Air Force
Military service age and obligation	18-40 years of age for male and female voluntary and compulsory military service; 16-month conscript service obligation (2006)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 893,361 females age 18-49: 891,662 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 555,553 females age 18-49: 562,426 (2005)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 50,156 females age 18-49: 49,746 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	6.3% (2006 est.)

Disputes - international	Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision but, neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; UN Peacekeeping Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), which has monitored the 25-km-wide Temporary Security Zone in Eritrea since 2000, is extended for six months in 2007 despite Eritrean restrictions on its operations and reduced force of 17,000; Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting eastern Sudanese rebel groups
Refugees and internally displaced persons	IDPs: 40,000-45,000 (border war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000; most IDPs are near the central border region) (2006)