Bush says U.S. to do more for Africa but with conditions
(Reuters) - The United States will offer more resources to help Africa but only where it is convinced African governments are acting responsibly, President Bush said in an interview published on Thursday.
Speaking the week before a Group of Eight (G8) summit of major industrialized nations in Scotland to focus on aid to Africa and climate change, Bush said his government had a “great record” on Africa and was ready to do more for the continent. (more…)
Live 8 struggles to draw US blacks to Africa roots
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Academics and civil rights leaders hope Live 8 concerts to press for action on poverty in Africa will reawaken interest among black Americans in the continent their ancestors came from as slaves.
But in the city of Philadelphia, where schools are soon to introduce compulsory courses in African history, and New York, many Americans believe the cultural gap between them and Africa is too wide to bridge. (more…)
Who cares about Africa? Most Americans, it seems, do not.
By DAN CHAPMAN
Cox News Service
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
ATLANTA — Who cares about Africa? Most Americans, it seems, do not.
They’re too worried about war in Iraq, illegal Mexican immigration and an ascendant China to fathom the mind-numbing array of social, economic, military, health and political problems bedeviling a continent half a world away. (more…)
Bob Geldof, the preacher with a big heart for Africa
LONDON (AFP) - Bob Geldof, the force behind the biggest global music rally to help end poverty in Africa, has been raging against injustice since he burst onto the world stage as a young rock star in the 1970s.
Love him or hate him, the shaggy-haired Irishman’s rough, tell-it-as-it-is style has inspired pop icons, politicians and millions of ordinary people to back a cause that, for him, started in 1984 with his smash-hit Band Aid single for the impoverished continent entitled “Do They Know It’s Christmas”.
A year later he spearheaded the world’s first charity gig for Africa, Live Aid, and went on to campaign tirelessly for the third world, while his original music career as frontman of rock band the Boomtown Rats took a back seat. (more…)