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The president of Botswana serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, which are known as the Botswana Defense Force.

Botswana maintains a small military geared towards territorial defense and foreign peacekeeping operations. At present, the BDF has sent several troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support MONUSCO. Over 100 BDF troops are deployed in Mozambique as part of a SADC mission to aid the government against militants in the northeastern province of...

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