Rwanda stated Saturday it was relying on Russia training its residents to become experts in atomic energy, as the African nation bets on nuclear power to increase its energy supply.Moscow is courting fresh diplomatic and financial ties with African nations, and its proficiency in nuclear power is seen as one of the significant draws of closer ties.Rwanda requires nuclear energy, Rwandas Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe told AFP in an interview at the Russia-Africa forum taking place in the resort city of Sochi this weekend.Hundreds of Rwandan students have actually graduated from Russian universities including those who concentrate on nuclear science, he said.We hope to be able to train a particular variety of scientific supervisors specializing in this field, he added.Rwanda, a little landlocked country with a population of around 13 million, creates around half its electrical power from thermal sources, another 44 percent from hydro and 4 percent from solar.Russias Rosatom struck a handle 2019 to assist build nuclear power stations in the country.Rwanda has actually also announced deals with a U.S.
firm and a German-Canadian company to construct different small-scale nuclear power jobs in the country.South Africa is presently the only country in Africa with a business nuclear reactor.