, Oct 25, 2026 (AFP) - Algeria approves sending troops to Niger in first overseas deployment for decades

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Algeria on Sunday approved sending troops to neighbouring Niger to protect energy facilities, according to statements from both houses of parliament, in what is the country's first foreign deployment of military forces since the 1970s. The upper house approved the proposal, it said in a statement, with a legislator telling AFP it was approved by all 148 members in attendance. The parliament's lower house said it also voted "by an absolute majorit......

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