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World leaders are gathering in Paris today to tackle one of the world’s biggest silent killers: dirty cooking fuels. In Africa, where four in five people cook over open fires and basic stoves, it is the second leading cause of premature deaths among women and children. Convened by the International Energy Agency (IEA) at UNESCO headquarters, the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa is set to announce a major sum and solutions to tackle the issue. “I believe if your neighbour’s house is burning, you help them. Africa is our neighbour,” IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol told Euronews Green ahea…