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Algeria approves deploying troops to Madama, Niger, to protect its economic interests, though a researcher questions their effectiveness.
3 articles from 25 October to 27 October 2026 · 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇩🇿 Algeria
Researcher Abdoulaye Sounaye says it is premature to view the deployment of an Algerian military unit in Niger, approved by the Algerian Parliament, as a solution to insecurity. In an analysis relayed by Deutsche Welle, he says Nigerien authorities will have to explain the foreign presence in light of their sovereignist rhetoric.
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Researcher Abdoulaye Sounaye says it is premature to view the deployment of an Algerian military unit in Niger, approved by the Algerian Parliament, as a solution to insecurity. In an analysis relayed by Deutsche Welle, he says Nigerien authorities will have to explain the foreign presence in light of their sovereignist rhetoric.
🇳🇪 Niger · 12:01
Algeria’s Parliament has authorised the deployment of soldiers from Algeria to Madama, in northern Niger, to protect Algerian energy and economic interests, according to the presidency. It would be the first deployment of Algerian troops abroad since their support for Egypt during the 1973 war, Reuters reports.
🇩🇿 Algeria · 02:12
The two chambers of Algeria’s Parliament approved the deployment of Algerian troops to Niger at the request of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The soldiers could be stationed at Madama, in northern Niger, near the Libyan border, according to Yabiladi, which cited French sources.
🇳🇪 Niger · 16:01
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