Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years
Summary
Algeria’s two parliamentary chambers approved sending troops to Niger to protect energy facilities. The deployment would be Algeria’s first military deployment abroad since it sent troops to Egypt during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, as the two countries expand security and energy cooperation.Key Facts
- Niger faces continuing attacks by armed groups, including near its border with Algeria.
- Algeria and Niger share a 960-kilometre desert border and have agreed to cooperate against jihadist violence, cross-border crime and trafficking.
- Algeria’s upper house said all 148 members present approved the proposal; the lower house reported approval by an absolute majority.
- The countries are working on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, a project intended to carry Nigerian natural gas through Niger for export to Europe.
- A 2020 constitutional amendment requires approval from two-thirds of Algeria’s parliament for troop deployments outside the country.
- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on October 3 that Algeria would protect Niger and referred to joint oil and mining agreements.
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