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Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years

Algeria's parliament has approved sending troops to Niger, the first deployment of Algerian soldiers abroad since 1973, as Niger faces persistent armed attacks and the two countries advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline.

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Algeria's parliament has approved sending troops to Niger, the first deployment of Algerian soldiers abroad since 1973, as Niger faces persistent armed attacks and the two countries advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline.