Burkina Faso Armed Forces

Burkina Faso Armed Forces
Forces armées du Burkina Faso
Coat of arms of Burkina Faso
Current form1985
Service branchesBurkina Faso Ground Force
Air Force of Burkina Faso
National Gendarmerie
People's Militia
HeadquartersOuagadougou
Websitedefense.gov.bf
Leadership
Commander-in-chiefCaptain Ibrahim Traoré
Minister of Defense and Veteran AffairsColonel Kassoum Coulibaly
Chief of General StaffColonel-Major Célestin Simporé
Personnel
Active personnel15,500 (Army 10,000, Air 500, Gendarmerie 5,000; 2023)[1]
Expenditure
Budget$450 million (2019)[2]
Percent of GDP2.2% (2019)[2]
2.9% (2022)[1]
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HistoryAgacher Strip War
Sierra Leone Civil War
Insurgency in the Maghreb
2014 Burkina Faso uprising
January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
RanksMilitary ranks of Burkina Faso

The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie and People's Militia. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy.

  1. ^ a b "Burkina Faso". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Burkina Faso". CIA World Factbook. 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.