Algeria's Parliament unanimously approved the deployment of the Algerian military to Niger, with Algerian Sen. Belkacem Boulghiti stating that the move was "to protect Algeria's economic and strategic interests, particularly its oil facilities in Niger," AP reported on Oct. 25. No detail is currently available on the size of Algeria's military deployment, and a Nigerien security source told Reuters that Algerian troops had yet to be deployed in the country, but Jeune Afrique reported that the Algerian military would be dispatched to Niger's Madama base, located 58 miles (93 kilometers) south of the border with Libya.