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Poor Ivory Coast pupils' ray of hope: solar backpacks

Poor Ivory Coast pupils get solar backpacks [Courtesy]

The equatorial sun has been up for about an hour as a gaggle of children set off from the Ivorian village of Allepilla on their hour-long trek to school.

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