U2's Bono joins Irish task force on world hunger

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

DUBLIN (AFP) — Bono, the Irish rock star and anti-poverty campaigner, is joining a task force set up by Dublin to examine how it can help reduce world hunger, Aid Minister Conor Lenihan announced Monday.

Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2, has been campaigning with compatriot and fellow rock star, Live Aid co-founder Bob Geldof, for greater global efforts to tackle poverty in developing countries.

Lenihan said he was delighted that the rocker, whose real name is Paul Hewson, had agreed to join the government's Hunger Task Force launched in April.

It also includes experts from Nigeria, Peru, Britain, Ireland and the United States.

"Bono's commitment to the developing world is well known. I am confident that he will bring his trademark enthusiasm,...