G8 too slow on aid, say Bono and Geldof

Rich countries are not meeting their previous commitments on donating aid to Africa, Bono and Bob Geldof have said.

The campaigners won pledges from G8 leaders in 2005 to increase donations and cancel debt by 2010.

A new report by poverty charity DATA said aid is having a positive effect but that the wealthy nations are behind target.

Geldof said: "What this big, long, exact, cold and brutal analysis shows us is that halfway to this historic date of 2010 - halfway - these wealthy countries have delivered 14%. How tragic is that?"