Military branches:
Namibian Defense Force: Army (including Naval Wing, Air Wing),
Police
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 468,934 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 279,755 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$111.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.5% (2003)
Transnational Issues Namibia
Disputes - international:
commission established with Botswana to resolve small residual
disputes along the Caprivi Strip, including the Situngu marshlands
along the Linyanti River; Botswana residents protest Namibia's
planned construction of the Okavango hydroelectric dam on Popa
Falls; managed dispute with South Africa over the location of the
boundary in the Orange River; Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe boundary convergence is not clearly defined or delimited;
Angolan rebels and refugees still reside in Namibia
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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