Niger’s parliament has voted to send troops to Nigeria to join the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The vote took place after Boko Haram attacked a prison and detonated a car bomb on Monday in the town of Diffa, near Niger’s border with Nigeria.
MPs said parliament unanimously authorised deploying 750 soldiers with a regional force battling Boko Haram.
The Boko Haram has increasingly drawn in Nigeria’s neighbours.
On Saturday Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin agreed to establish a 7,800-strong force to fight the group.
Boko Haram launched its first attacks in Niger last week, and has vowed to create an Islamic state.
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou, a Muslim, vowed to defeat Boko Haram.
