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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[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yes. Burkina Faso and Mali are some of the poorest nations so it could be huge.

One of BF's borders is with Ghana, and I'm pretty sure they are still using Karpowerships.