{
  "id": 16587445,
  "title": "Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/algeria-to-send-troops-to-niger-in-first-foreign-deployment-in-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:10:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261026-algeria-to-send-troops-to-niger-in-first-foreign-deployment-in-over-50-years"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Algeria’s parliament on Sunday approved a resolution to send troops to Niger, making the first time Algerian soldiers will be deployed abroad since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Niger faces persistent attacks by armed groups, including near its border with Algeria, and the deployment comes as Algiers and Niamey are building the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline after decades of delays.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Algeria sends troops to Niger in first overseas deployment since 1973",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/algeria-sends-troops-to-niger-in-first-overseas-deployment-since-1973",
        "published": "2026-10-26T07:44:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Algerian upper house of parliament approves troop deployment to Niger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/algerian-upper-house-of-parliament-approves-troop-deployment-to-niger",
        "published": "2026-10-26T10:43:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}