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. By SIMON ALLISON.
When Zambian President Edgar Lungu addressed Parliament in September, he announced a bold new energy strategy: Zambia is going nuclear.
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