A Somali
National Army was attempted under the interim government;
numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias,
and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments
maintain their own security and police forces
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of
age (est.) (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age
18-49: 1,787,727 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age
18-49: 1,022,360 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$18.9 million
(2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (2003)
Transnational Issues
Somalia
Disputes - international:
"Somaliland"
secessionists provide port facilities to land-locked
Ethiopia and establish commercial ties with regional states;
"Puntland" and "Somaliland" "governments" seek support from
neighboring states in their secessionist aspirations and in
conflicts with each other; Ethiopia has only an
administrative line with the Oromo region of southern
Somalia and maintains alliances with local Somali clans
opposed to the unrecognized Somali Interim Government, which
plans eventual relocation from Kenya to Mogadishu; rival
militia and clan fighting in southern Somalia periodically
spills over into Kenya; most of the remaining 23,000 Somali
refuges in Ethiopia are expected to be repatriated in 2005
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs:
375,000 (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition for
resources) (2004)