One year on, Live 8 organisers blast G8 for slow poverty progress

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LONDON (AFP) - Live 8 organisers including Irish rocker Bob Geldof has lambasted leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations for falling short of promises, made one year ago, to alleviate suffering in Africa.

In July 2005, Geldof helped to organise 10 Live 8 concerts worldwide -- timed to coincide with the G8 summit hosted by Britain -- to help raise awareness of the plight of Africans living in poverty.

Geldof, joined by fellow Live 8 performer and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, on Thursday issued a G8 progress update alongside campaigning body DATA -- which stands for Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa.

"One year on, a new report by DATA has found that G8 progress on meeting commitments is painfully slow, proceeding at best at half-pace," DATA said in its first annual report on meeting the goals set last year.



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(But SURELY I thought Bono's conservative, non-"bleeding heart" buddies were gonna save the day...) :sarcasm: