Conflict & Security
Algeria approves troop deployment to Niger, first foreign mission since 1973
October 26, 2026 at 02:28 PM · Updated 1h ago
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 6 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عاجل | الرئاسة الجزائرية: الرئيس يقرر إرسال قوات إلى النيجر لحماية الطاقة والمصالح الاقتصادية
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الرئاسة الجزائرية توافق على إرسال وحدات من الجيش إلى النيجر
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Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment since 1973
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AJAl Jazeera English
Algeria’s military deployment to Niger: What’s behind the move?
(opens the publisher’s site)Algeria's parliament approved sending troops to Niger on Sunday, marking the country's first foreign military deployment since 1973.
- The upper house voted 148 of 174 senators in favor, and the lower house ratified the plan, with timing and troop numbers unannounced.
- The deployment would be the first use of a 2020 constitutional provision allowing overseas military missions.
- It follows Niger's defence minister's visit to Algiers, as the two neighbors rebuild ties after a 2025 diplomatic rift.
- Senator Belkacem Boulghiti said troops are not being sent to wage war in Niger but to secure economic infrastructure.
- President Abdelmadjid Tebboune formally ordered the deployment after a request from Nigerien authorities, approved unanimously on October 25, 2026.