Malawi

==Military==
{{Main|Malawian Defence Force}}
[[File:Malawian female soldier (45745891874).jpg|thumb|Malawian female soldier]]
Malawi maintains a small standing military of approximately 25,000, the [[Malawian Defence Force]]. It consists of army, navy and air force elements. The Malawi army originated from [[British Army|British colonial units]] formed before independence, and is now made up of two rifle regiments and one parachute regiment. The Malawi Air Force was established with German help in 1976, and operates a small number of transport aircraft and multi-purpose helicopters. The Malawian Navy was established in the early 1970s with Portuguese support, presently having three vessels operating on Lake Malawi, based in [[Monkey Bay]].<ref name="Turner22">Turner, ''The Statesman's Yearbook'', p. 822</ref> In 2017, Malawi signed the UN [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017}}</ref>