Editor's Foreword

Liaison sqn with Cessna 310; Cessna 337 Skymaster; PA-23
Aztec
Trg sqn with Cessna 172
Hel sqn with Mi-8 Hip
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT
TPT 11: 1 An-26 Curl; 1 BN-2 Islander; 2 CASA 212
Aviocar; 1 Cessna 310; 2 Cessna 337 Skymaster; 4 Yak-40
Codling (VIP)
UTL 5: 4 Cessna 172; 1 PA-23 Aztec
HELICOPTERS • SPT 5 Mi-8 Hip
paramilitary 8,100
Gendarmerie 8,100
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 5 PCI less
than 100 tonnes
malawi MWI
Malawian Kwacha K 2008 2009 2010
GDP K 401bn 463bn
US$ 2.9bn 3.3bn
per capita US$ 196 220
Growth % 9.7 5.9
inflation % 8.7 8.6
Def bdgt K ε6bn
US$ ε43m
US$1=K 140 140
Population 15,028,757
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 23% 6% 5% 4% 11% 1%
Female 23% 6% 5% 4% 11% 2%
capabilities
acTive 5,300 (Army 5,300) Paramilitary 1,500
organiSaTionS by Service
army 5,300
forceS by role
Inf 3 bn
Para 1 indep bn
Spt 1 (general) bn (1+ marine coy 1 armd recce sqn, 1
engr unit, 2 lt arty bty)
eQuipmenT by Type
Less than 20% serviceability
RECCE 41: 13 Eland; 20 FV721 Fox; 8 Ferret
ARTY 17
TOWED 105mm 9 lt
MOR 81mm 8 L16
AD • SAM • MANPAD 15 Blowpipe
GUNS • TOWED 14.5mm 40 ZPU-4
Sub-Saharan Africa
Maritime Wing 220
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 15
PCI 3: 1 Kasungu† less than 100 tonnes; 2 Namacurra
less than 100 tonnes
PBR 12 (†various)
AMPHIBIOUS 1 LCU
faciliTieS
Base Located at Monkey Bay (Lake Nyasa)
315
Air Wing 200
forceS by role
Tpt 1 sqn with Basler Turbo-67; Do-228; Hawker 800
Tpt hel sqn with AS-332 Super Puma (VIP);
AS-350L Ecureuil; SA-330F Puma
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT • TPT 7: 2 Basler Turbo-67; 4 Do-228; 1
Hawker 800
HELICOPTERS • SPT 3: 1 AS-332 Super Puma (VIP); 1
AS-350L Ecureuil; 1 SA-330F Puma
paramilitary 1,500
Mobile Police Force 1,500
RECCE 8 S52 Shorland
AIRCRAFT 4
MP 3 BN-2T Defender (border patrol)
TPT 1 SC.7 3M Skyvan
HELICOPTERS • UTL 2 AS-365 Dauphin 2
deploymenT
cenTral african republic/chad
UN • MINURCAT 5
democraTic republic of congo
UN • MONUC 111; 19 obs; 1 CSS coy
Sudan
UN • UNAMID 5; 6 obs
mali MLI
cFA Franc BceAO fr 2008 2009 2010
GDP fr 3.27tr
US$ 7.3bn
per capita US$ 559
Growth % 5.1 4.1
inflation % 9.1 2.5
Def bdgt fr ε70bn ε80bn
US$ ε156m ε180m
US$1=fr 447 444
Population 13,443,225
ethnic groups: Tuareg 6-10%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 24% 6% 5% 4% 9% 1%
Female 24% 5% 4% 4% 12% 2%
Sub-Saharan
Africa