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Rich nations falter on Africa ? Bono
The world?s richest countries are falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said rocker-activist Bono. The latter and fellow Irish rocker Bob Geldof have used their fame to fuel a campaign for Africa, organizing concerts last year to press leaders of rich countries at a meeting in Scotland to wipe out poverty. ?They started out to climb an Everest but over the past year they got lost at base camp,? Bono told ?Reuters? in an interview after the release of a report by his lobby group Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa group, or DATA.?I?d like to think that the DATA report is a kind of a GPS system for how to get back on track and back up the mountain,? said Bono, who formed DATA with Geldof.The report said wealthy countries had delivered on their promise to cancel the debts of 19 poor countries, most of them in Africa, with 44 countries eligible under World Bank and International Monetary Fund programs.
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