Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Algeria plans first foreign troop deployment in more than 50 years.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about Algeria’s planned troop deployment to Niger.
A bulletin is a short official news report.
- troop
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about Algeria’s planned troop deployment to Niger.
Here, troops are groups of soldiers.
- refund
For example: The manager authorised a refund for the damaged item.
A refund is money given back to someone who paid for something.
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Sources
- RechercheOn October 25, Algeria’s parliament unanimously approved a resolution authorising army units to deploy to Madama in northern Niger, near the Libyan border. The authorisation was approved, but no troops had yet been officially deployed, according to a Niger security source.
- Algerian parliament approves deployment of army unit to Niger
- Algeria to deploy troops to Niger to protect shared energy, economic interests
- Algeria to deploy troops to Niger to protect shared interests | Daily Sabah
- RechercheAl Jazeera reports that the deployment is reportedly intended to protect oil installations belonging to Algeria’s state-owned energy company Sonatrach; it quotes Senator Belkacem Boulghiti saying the mission is to secure economic and strategic interests, particularly oil facilities.