In a new report, Oxfam International makes a scarcely veiled admission that the Band Aid movement and Live Aid concerts, promoted flamboyantly 25 years ago by rock musician Bob Geldof, have done virtually nothing to change things for the better.
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Oxfam report: Geldof’s appeals haven’t changed a thing as Ethiopians face starvation yet again
It is quarter of a century since Ethiopia suffered a devastating famine that killed more than a million people and triggered an outpouring of international compassion from ordinary people, but the world has done little to prevent a rerun of the tragedy.
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