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Facts on the Zimbabwe Armed Forces
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Military branches:
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Zimbabwe
Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of
Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005) |
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Military manpower - military age and obligation:
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18 years of
age (est.) (2004)
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age
18-49: 2,840,053 (2005 est.)
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age
18-49: 1,148,590 (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$217 million
(2004) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.3% (2004)
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Transnational Issues of Zimbabwe |
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Disputes - international:
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Botswana has
built electric fences and South Africa has placed military
along the border to stem the flow of thousands of
Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political
persecution; Namibia has supported and in 2004 Zimbabwe
dropped objections to plans between Botswana and Zambia to
build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto
recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited
Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river |
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Refugees and internally displaced persons:
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IDPs:
100,000-150,000 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights
violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2004)
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Illicit drugs:
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transit point
for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and
methamphetamines destined for the South African and European
markets. Government is also fighting some Zimbabwe
drugs heroes. |
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