Algeria’s 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 through the upper house of parliament.

The decision still awaits a vote in the lower house before the parliamentary process can be completed.

If it goes ahead, the mission would mark Algeria’s first military deployment beyond its borders since the 1973 war.

The pending vote is therefore a key step toward a deployment that would end a decades-long period without an Algerian military mission abroad.