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Let there be light: Solar lamps help power Burkina Faso

By France 24
03 Mar 2018 | 6:08 am | 4m 35s

More than one billion people worldwide still have no access to electricity. This lack of power continues to slams the breaks on development, particularly across Africa. In Burkina Faso, though, solar lamps are offering an all-important ray of light at the end of the tunnel.

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