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Bono and Friends are Wrong on African Development Aid

Bono and Friends are Wrong on African Development Aid

TORONTO -- Credit the apostle of development aid, Bono, for his unbending consistency.

In Heiligendamm, Germany, last week, He accused the G-8 countries of obfuscation and creative accounting in their $60 billion pledge to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

His criticism, shared by HIV/AIDS organizations and other development activists, is twofold: That money is not designated solely for Africa, nor does it have a timeline.

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