Burkina Faso and Russia's Rosatom sign agreement for nuclear power plant

📆 10/13/2023 3:15 PM
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Burkina Faso and Russian state nuclear company Rosatom on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for construction of a nuclear power plant in the landlocked Sahel West African state, Burkina Faso's energy ministry said in a statement.

The nuclear power plant will enable the country to meet its energy needs, it said, adding that the agreement was signed by energy and mines minister Simon-Pierre Boussim, and Nikolay Spasskiy, Rosatom's deputy director general.

Traore, who sized power in a military coup in September 2022, has moved closer to Russia as its relationship with its former colonial powerThe semi-arid country of over 20 million people has an installed power generation capacity of just over 420 megawatts.

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