politics.co.uk: U2's lead singer and debt campaigner Bono has told the Labour Party conference today that Africa must have justice, not just aid.
In his guest speaker's address to delegates, Bono said: "It is not about charity it is about justice". He told his listeners that the situation in Africa "would never be allowed to happen anywhere else."
6500 Africans dying every day due to preventable diseases, he said, is not just an "emergency but a crisis" and needs to be treated as such by the media and governments, Bono argued.
Bono is the latest in the series of high profile international figures to address the Labour Party conference, following on from Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and the new president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. [
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In his guest speaker's address to delegates, Bono said: "It is not about charity it is about justice". He told his listeners that the situation in Africa "would never be allowed to happen anywhere else."
6500 Africans dying every day due to preventable diseases, he said, is not just an "emergency but a crisis" and needs to be treated as such by the media and governments, Bono argued.
Bono is the latest in the series of high profile international figures to address the Labour Party conference, following on from Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and the new president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. [
more] 
