angoon, Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy

Merchant marine:
total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 464,478 GRT/695,923 DWT
ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 20, container 2, oil tanker 3,
passenger-cargo 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries:
Japan owns 2 ships, US 3 (1998 est.)

Airports: 80 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 69
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 32 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 12,475,987
females age 15-49: 12,224,947 (1999 est.)
note: both sexes liable for military service

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 6,660,309
females age 15-49: 6,510,730 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 496,912
females: 477,803 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $3.904 billion (FY97/98)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.1% (FY97/98)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: sporadic conflict with Thailand over
alignment of border

Illicit drugs: world's largest producer of illicit opium
(cultivation in 1998--130,300 hectares, a 16% decline from 1997;
potential production--1,750 metric tons, down 26% due to drought and
the first eradication effort since the current government took power
in 1987) and a minor producer of cannabis for the international drug
trade; surrender of drug warlord KHUN SA's Mong Tai Army in January
1996 was hailed by Rangoon as a major counternarcotics success, but
lack of serious government commitment and resources continues to
hinder the overall antidrug effort; growing role in the production
of methamphetamines for regional consumption

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Introduction

Background: Since the end of the Belgian trusteeship in 1962,
Burundi has suffered from ethnic uprisings, coups, and other
societal dislocations. In a series of waves since October 1993,
hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the ethnic violence
between the Hutu and