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"Look up from the numbers and look to the future" (Photo: European Communities)

U2's Bono warns EU not to 'blow it' on Africa

U2's Bono gave a loud and clear message to EU leaders on Thursday (9 June) urging them not to blow it when it comes to development aid for poor countries.\n \nBono was in Brussels, not only ahead of the U2 concert on Friday, but as a representative of Make Poverty History where the goal is to double development aid to the world's poorest countries by 2015 as part of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

The Commission unveiled plans in April to boost development aid to €66 billion by ...

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"Look up from the numbers and look to the future" (Photo: European Communities)

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