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Introduction - Zambia: | Location - Zambia: | People - Zambia: | Government - Zambia: | Economy - Zambia: | Communications - Zambia: | Transportation - Zambia: | Military - Zambia: | Military branches | Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age (est.) (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 2,219,739
females age 18-49: 2,159,688 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,043,702
females age 18-49: 953,328 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 75,468 (Angola), 61,243 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 5,669 (Rwanda) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.8% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | in 2004, Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river; 42,250 Congolese refugees in Zambia are offered voluntary repatriation in November 2006, most of whom are expected to return in the next two years; Angolan refugees too have been repatriating but 26,450 still remain with 90,000 others from other neighboring states in 2006 | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |