Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary General
Service Unit of the Police

Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 7,094,151 (1999 est.)

Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,397,008 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures—dollar figure: $197 million (FY98/99)

Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.9% (FY98/99)

Transnational Issues

Disputes—international: administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international boundary

Illicit drugs: widespread harvesting of small, wild plots of marijuana and qat (chat); transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and, sometimes, North America; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa

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