Just some highlights from the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4995946.stm
Bono promotes work to aid Africa
By David Loyn
BBC developing world correspondent
Rock star Bono has a more personal stake in Lesotho than in any other African country. In the remote mountain town of Butha-Buthe his wife Ali Hewson is sourcing t-shirts for a new fair trade line being sold in the US.
The order has meant that the only major employer in the town, a textile factory, has been saved from closure.
Like many African textile-manufacturing countries Lesotho suffered last year when China was allowed to sell clothing into international markets for the first time without paying high tariffs.
Nakadi Jabbie, the owner of the factory in Butha-Buthe, says ordering the clothes has been much more help than giving aid.
Bono is moving onto five other African countries in an effort to keep up momentum in his campaign. The bigger policy reasons for this visit are to assess progress on promises made at the G8 summit last year.
The U2 frontman criticised Canada, and France for not sticking to their commitments, and said that despite new big offers of aid from the Bush White House, he feared that Congress would block the increases.
He said: "We could be in a catastrophic situation come the year anniversary of Live 8 unless something happens quick.
"We don't want to take our foot off the pedal. Politicians love to sign cheques, but they don't like to cash them. The cashing of cheques is very important to us."
Pessimism
Bono said that he is gloomy about prospects for trade - the T in the name of his aid agency DATA.
The Doha round of talks in the World Trade Organization, designed to help developing countries, has now gone on well beyond its deadline, and could collapse next month.
Bono said that talks to save the round are excluding African nations: "They are not even at the table."
At a press conference the Lesotho Minister of Trade Mpho Malie agreed.
He said that the prospects for a settlement that would help Africa "do not look good".
He criticised the negotiators for trying to persuade Africa to accept new rules allow access for non-agricultural goods before dealing with their biggest concerns in agriculture.
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It's quite far from Dar though, over 300 miles (speaking for Babydoll).
the mandals!!!
