Tanzania:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service (2007)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 9,108,177 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 5,278,833 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 0.2% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition Tanzania still hosts more than a half-million refugees, more than any other African country, mainly from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite the international community's efforts at repatriation; disputes with Malawi over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and the meandering Songwe River remain dormant
Refugees and internally displaced persons	Definition refugees (country of origin): 352,640 (Burundi); 127,973 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2007)
Illicit drugs	Definition growing role in transshipment of Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for South African, European, and US markets and of South Asian methaqualone bound for southern Africa; money laundering remains a problem