'A Defining Moment'

11 Aug 2011
This famine is a 'wake-up call for all of us', Bono tells CNN's Anderson Cooper,  reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia. 'It is a defining moment.'

Discussing  the immediate crisis and long-term solutions, Bono is joined by Somalian singer K'naan who  says 'we must find a way to globalise our humanity.'


Watch it here.

 

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