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Ghost of Love
Like I've mentioned on numerous occasions, its troubling how people can get all riled up over injustices and comments and whatnot, but when it comes to Africa they have -all to say.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2319414
Bono Demands Protests for 'Forgotten War' in Africa
Mon March 3, 2003 07:00 PM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Rock star turned third world campaigner Bono questioned on Monday why millions of people had not turned out onto the streets to draw attention to the victims of Africa's "forgotten" war against AIDS.
Drawing a comparison with the recent mass protests against U.S. plans for possible war against Iraq, Bono said millions of poverty-stricken Africans would die over the next few years without vital medicine to help them combat the deadly virus.
"While I am inspired to see people out on the streets to defend the potential loss of life in Iraq, two million Africans will die next year and the year after because they cannot get hold of medicine," he said.
"I want to know why there aren't a million people out on the streets for this other forgotten war," Bono said after being honored at the Irish Music Awards for his work on behalf of the world's poor.
"If it happens to be a black person's life, how much value do we place on that life?" he added.
The U2 frontman is heavily involved in highlighting the plight of the world's poor through his work to speed up debt relief to poor nations and also help AIDS sufferers.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2319414
Bono Demands Protests for 'Forgotten War' in Africa
Mon March 3, 2003 07:00 PM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Rock star turned third world campaigner Bono questioned on Monday why millions of people had not turned out onto the streets to draw attention to the victims of Africa's "forgotten" war against AIDS.
Drawing a comparison with the recent mass protests against U.S. plans for possible war against Iraq, Bono said millions of poverty-stricken Africans would die over the next few years without vital medicine to help them combat the deadly virus.
"While I am inspired to see people out on the streets to defend the potential loss of life in Iraq, two million Africans will die next year and the year after because they cannot get hold of medicine," he said.
"I want to know why there aren't a million people out on the streets for this other forgotten war," Bono said after being honored at the Irish Music Awards for his work on behalf of the world's poor.
"If it happens to be a black person's life, how much value do we place on that life?" he added.
The U2 frontman is heavily involved in highlighting the plight of the world's poor through his work to speed up debt relief to poor nations and also help AIDS sufferers.