Military and Security Forces
National Defense Forces (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN): Army (includes maritime wing, air wing); Ministry of Public Security: National Police (Police Nationale du Burundi) (2022)
Military Service Age and Obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2021)
Military and Security Service Personnel Strengths
approximately 30,000 active duty troops, the majority of which are ground forces (2022)
Military Equipment Inventories and Acquisitions
the FDN is armed mostly with weapons from Russia and the former Soviet Union, with some Western equipment, largely from France; since 2010, the FDN has received small amounts of mostly second-hand equipment from China, South Africa, and the US (2021)
Military Deployments
760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 5,400 Somalia (ATMIS) (2022)
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