# Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years

https://mins.news/en/item/115611

- France 24, 2026-10-26 10:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261026-algeria-to-send-troops-to-niger-in-first-foreign-deployment-in-over-50-years

> Algeria’s parliament approved a resolution on Sunday to deploy troops to Niger, the country’s first overseas deployment since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Niger faces recurring attacks by armed groups, including near its border with Algeria, as the two countries advance a long-delayed gas pipeline project.

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