Algeria and Niger are moving from strong economic cooperation to strategic and security cooperation, as witnessed by the visit of a high-level delegation from Niger to Algeria. General Mohamed Toumba—who serves as Niger’s Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, Public Security, and Territorial Administration—led the delegation, which also included Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Nigeriens Abroad Bakary Yaou Sangaré. The two were received by President of Algeria Abdelmajid Tebboune on May 19.
At the top of the agenda were enhancing cooperation in securing and joint protection of common borders; combatting cross-border crime and terrorism in the Sahel; energy and infrastructure; agriculture and food security. Special attention was paid to coordinating efforts to stabilize the Sahel region. This is highly significant, given that Niger and its allies in the Alliance of Sahel States—Mali and Burkina Faso—have been in a struggle against terrorists and separatist groups that have been operating along the Niger-Algerian border regions.
