Algeria announces troop deployment to Niger

Reported by 1 outlet · under-reported · first reported Nov 1, 11:55 PM ET · from an earlier edition that day

Algiers announced a deployment of troops to Niger in late October, a first. It follows a thaw in relations with Mali.

Why it matters

It shifts Sahel security alignments.

Algeria had been sidelined in the Sahel.

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