Sahel: Russia to build nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso (north-africa.com)

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Burkina Faso last year experienced two military coups — both triggered in part by discontent at failures to stem a raging jihadist insurgency. More than 17,000 people have died in attacks since 2015, more than 6,000 just since the start of this year, according to a count by an NGO monitor called the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).

Maybe Russia knows something I don't?

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[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

This is actually incredibly advantageous to the region. A consistent supply of electricity drives so much economic development it's crazy.