@Niger:Military
Military branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Republican
Guard, National Police
Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 2,049,296 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 1,105,821 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 98,946 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $23 million (FY97/98)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.3% (FY92/93)
@Niger:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in northern
Niger; demarcation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake
Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is
completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and
Nigeria