Vol. 71/No. 30 August 20, 2007
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Studying by the light of the airport in Guinea |
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AP/Rebecca Blackwell
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The airport parking lot in Conakry, Guinea, fills up at night with students. They go there to study because it’s the only place with lights on. Despite vast resources of gold, diamonds, iron ore, and rivers, only 20 percent of the 10 million people in that West African coastal country have access to electricity. Those who do often experience power cuts. “I used to study by candlelight at home, but that hurt my eyes,” Mohamed Sharif, 18, told the Associated Press. “So I prefer to come here.”
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