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Military Niger
Military branches:
Niger Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, National Air Force (2005)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 2,135,680 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,180,027 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 126,719 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$33.3 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (2004)

 

Transnational Issues Niger
Disputes - international:
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated, and states expect a ruling in 2005 from the ICJ over the disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes Chad and Niger

 

Source: CIA fact book

 

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