CAIRO -- African countries turning to nuclear power as electricity demand soars are finding partners in Russia and China, offering them an avenue to expand their influence in this fast-growing region.
Egypt broke ground Wednesday on the country's first nuclear power plant at El-Dabaa, 300 kilometers northwest of Cairo. Director General Alexey Likhachev, of Russia's state-run Rosatom, which is building the facility, called this the "largest project of the Russian-Egyptian cooperation since the Aswan High Dam."
