1.   Bissau rarely has electricity because its power grid is severely damaged, but the clubs all have private generators.

2.   Electrical power comes only from private generators, and the fuel to run them is exorbitantly priced.

3.   Some are even digging their own water wells and connecting their homes to private generators.

4.   While the DWP has sold peak power to the state using outdated plants fueled by expensive natural gas, private generators pay far less for the same power.

5.   As a result, few homes or businesses lack their own source of electricity through private generators or neighborhood services.

6.   As a result, all major businesses depend on private generators.

7.   Public water pumps and private generators stop for lack of diesel fuel.

8.   That means this East African nation will be largely without power, except for those who have private generators.

9.   Two babies died at a maternity ward that lacked a private generator to power their incubators.

10.   Although major firms, international agencies and notables quickly acquired private generators, ordinary people are reduced to scrabbling for candles and matches every evening.