December 9, 2016
Zambia has just signed four memoranda of understanding with Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear agency, with a view to signing a nuclear deal worth $10-billion.
While government has hailed the deal as a way to solve Zambia’s ongoing energy crisis, Zambians should be asking difficult questions – especially given Rosatom’s track record in South Africa.
When Zambian President Edgar Lungu addressed Parliament in September, he announced a bold new energy strategy (...)