Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,246,640 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,193,047 (2001 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $76 million (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.8% (FY97)
Zambia Transnational Issues
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa and possibly Europe; regional money-laundering center
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Zimbabwe Introduction
Background: The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated to keep whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence.