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Military branches in
Benin:
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Benin Armed Forces: Ground
Forces Command, Benin Navy, Benin People's Air Force
(Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2007)
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Military service age
and obligation in Benin africa:
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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) |
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Manpower available
for military service:
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males age 21-49:
1,295,230
females age 21-49: 1,301,936 (2005 est.)
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Manpower for military
service in Benin:
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males age 21-49:
749,774
females age 21-49: 751,329 (2005 est.)
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Manpower reaching
military service age annually:
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males age 18-49:
76,661
females: 75,068 (2005 est.) |
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Military expenditures
- percent of GDP:
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1.7% (2006) |
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Disputes in Benin -
international:
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two villages remain in
dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; Benin
accused Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; 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 gang clashes; Benin and Togo announced plans in
2006 to construct a joint hydroelectric dam on the Mona
River at the southern end of the border |
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Refugees and
internally displaced persons:
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refugees (country of
origin): 26,632 (Togo) (2006) |
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Illicit drugs in
Benin africa:
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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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Facts
on ICT & Transport in Benin