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Force in Play

Has oil exploration projects in northern Niger that the deployment would protect

Algeria's parliament approved sending army units to Niger on October 25, the country's first foreign deployment since 1973. The upper house voted first, with AFP reporting 148 of 174 senators in favour, and the lower house also approved it. On October 26, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the troops sent at Niger's request.

Updated Nov 1