Africa's power poverty a danger to the health of people and the planet

Calls grow for an 'energy Marshall Plan' to provide electricity to 600 million people and cleaner cooking fuel to 850 million

Lighting a path: A woman uses a paraffin light while cooking during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Soweto, South Africa
Lighting a path: A woman uses a paraffin light while cooking during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Soweto, South AfricaPhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX
Published 6 April 2021, 13:43Updated 6 April 2021, 13:43