NiameyAlgeria sent four fighter jets here.
Niger’s junta now has a second foreign patron beyond Russia’s Africa Corps.
Dozens died when army officers attacked an air base and the airport in a weekend mutiny the junta survived.
Algeria’s constitution restricts deploying troops abroad, an analyst says, making the move exceptional.
How each outlet framed it
- New Lines Magazine
- largest mutiny attempt by young officers; Algeria's first military intervention (4 jets + fueler) marks shift from noninterventionism
Sources: New Lines Magazine