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April 7, 2010 by Brendan

The rise and fall of Saint Bob By Brendan O'Neill : For years Bob Geldof, former Boomtown Rat turned self-styled saviour of Africa, was celebrated as a secular saint. To the annoyance of some of us — including me — he was fawned over by the wor...

March 20, 2010 by EthioSun

Sorry Bob and Band Aid millions DID pay for guns: Charity's man in Ethiopia tells his disturbing story! Bob Geldof is furious with the BBC for reporting that his charity unwittingly funded weapons for warlords. So what's the truth? Here Band Aid's...

March 13, 2010 by EthioSun

By Rod Liddle: Bob Geldof seems to be in a bit of a bate, doesn’t he? I haven’t seen the chap so animated since he was hopping up and down in front of us 25 years ago, like a demented leprechaun possessed by the spirit of Christ, demanding “...

March 11, 2010 by Atse Minilik

By Andrew Whitehead An edition of the BBC World Service programme Assignment, alleging that money intended for famine relief in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s was used to buy weapons, has prompted an angry response from aid campaigners. Andrew Whitehea...

March 10, 2010 by Atse Yohannes

Bob Geldof upped the ante in the row between Band Aid and the BBC yesterday by demanding the sacking of BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks. Many say his move appears more of a tyrant than a dead aid campaigner. The former musician-who tur...

March 8, 2010 by Atse Yohannes

The most evil bloody tyrant of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, continues to attempt to fool the Westerners once again. The tyrant Meles Zenawi tells Paul Vallely that the report the Live Aid money was spent on weapons was based on lies. However, Meles Ze...

March 6, 2010 by Ras Alulla

The allegations stem from an investigation by BBC Radio 4's Martin Plaut, who interviewed former rebels and NGO employees involved in aid work during the 1984-1985 famine. According to Aregawi Berhe, at one time a commander of the Tigrayan People's L...

October 16, 2009 by EthioSun

Blame famine on trade restrictions, not on climate change or a lack of Western aid. By JULIAN MORRIS: Today is World Food Day and, once again, millions of people in East Africa are starving. Some have sought to turn this tragedy into opportunit...

August 30, 2009 by EthioSun

Dismissing the warning signals, Ethiopia's ruler, Meles Zenawi, said earlier this month that there was no danger of famine this year. And Berhanu Kebede, Melese Zenawi’s pig to Britain, said at the weekend: "We are addressing the problem. Food is...

November 27, 2008 by EthioSun

The failure of recent harvests, and rising food prices, have left eight million people in need of aid. Audio: Ethiopia again gripped by famine (AM) Almost a quarter of a century after Ethiopia's last major famine, the country is again in ...