# Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger to thwart ‘coup attempt’, president says

https://mins.news/en/item/84839

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-03 18:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/3/algeria-sent-fighter-jets-to-niger-to-thwart-coup-attempt-president-says?traffic_source=rss

> Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algeria sent fighter jets to Niamey in late August at Niger’s request to help stop a “coup attempt”. Gunfire and explosions had erupted in the capital, where renegade soldiers attacked a military base, the state broadcaster and the presidential palace. Niger’s military government later accused France of orchestrating the mutiny, which France denied.

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