Foreign Missions
In 1991, Niger sent a 400-man military contingent to join the American-led allied forces against Iraq during the Gulf War. Niger provides a battalion of peace-keeping forces to the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire.
As of 2003, the FAN had troops deployed in the following foreign missions:
- ECOMOG: Liberia, Guinée-Bissau;
- African Union: Burundi (MIOB), Comoros (MIOC);
- United Nations: Saudi Arabia (Iraq War), Rwanda (MINURCA), Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC);
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