Algeria approves troop deployment to Niger amid energy security mission
Algeria has approved sending troops to neighbouring Niger in a limited mission focused on protecting energy installations and Algerian investments. The decision marks a rare foreign deployment for Algeria and, according to the supplied report, would be its first overseas military mission since the 1970s. It comes as Algiers and Niamey deepen security cooperation along their shared border.The approval was given in a closed extraordinary parliamentary session on Sunday. The upper house said 148 of its 174 members were present and voted in favour, while the lower house said it backed the deployment by an absolute majority. Officials have not... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Oct 2026 14:37 LONDON
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