Algerian Upper House Unanimously Approves Sending Troops to Niger

Algeria’s Council of the Nation has unanimously approved sending troops to Niger, advancing a proposal for a military deployment beyond the country’s borders.

The decision now awaits a vote in the lower house. Its approval would mark the next step toward sending Algerian forces to the neighbouring country.

If the deployment goes ahead, it would be Algeria’s first overseas military deployment since the 1973 war.

The unanimous upper-house vote clears one parliamentary stage, but the proposed mission remains pending as lawmakers in the lower chamber prepare to consider it.