Newsnight, Last Night

17 Jun 2005
Bono grilled by Paxman on his hopes for the G8 meetings in Scotland next month. Video.

Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman grilled Bono about corruption amongst some African governments, whether aid really gets to the people it is meant for and if Africa can ever escape extreme poverty.

Fifteen minute video interview here at the bottom right hand side of the page.

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