Algerian Upper House Unanimously Approves Sending Troops to Niger

Algeria’s Council of the Nation has unanimously approved sending troops to Niger, moving the proposed deployment to the next stage of parliamentary consideration.

The decision still awaits a vote in the lower house. The upper chamber’s approval alone does not complete the parliamentary process.

If approved and carried out, the mission would mark the first deployment of Algerian forces beyond the country’s borders since the 1973 war.

The brief announcement did not specify the proposed force’s size, its mission in Niger or a timetable for deployment.