Algerian parliament’s upper house approves troop deployment to Niger
Summary
Algeria’s upper house unanimously approved a proposal to deploy troops to Niger. The lower house still needs to vote; Algeria’s constitution requires approval by a two-thirds majority in both chambers before the president can send military units abroad.Key Facts
- The Council of the Nation, Algeria’s upper house, held an emergency session on Sunday and approved the deployment unanimously.
- The People’s National Assembly, the lower house, was expected to hold a separate vote later that evening.
- If both chambers approve the deployment, it would be Algeria’s first military mission outside its borders since the 1973 October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War.
- The troops are expected to help secure oil facilities in Niger.
- Niger’s Defence Minister, General Salifou Modi, visited Algeria last week and met President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and army Chief of Staff General Said Chanegriha.
- Algeria and Niger signed a military cooperation protocol during Modi’s visit, but they did not make its details public.
- Tebboune said Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger in late August to help counter an attempted coup; Algeria’s Defence Ministry said four Su-30 jets were sent.
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