Bob Geldof - of the group Band-Aid, and co-founder of the Africa campaign group ONE - reflects on the progress Ethiopia has made in the 25 years since his group worked to help the people of the country during a famine in a Globe and Mail opinion piece. "On the positive front, economic growth has boomed Education enrolment has been doubled, malaria death rates halved and HIV-AIDS is on the decline. [R]ural roads are linking remote communities to markets and health and education services." He continues, "Twenty-five years ago, the story was one of Africa starving. Now, despite ongoing food shortages in some regions, there's a new story, one backed by hard statistics, of an Africa rising. We must partner as we have promised with these people, for the sake of our global economy as well as our global environment, because, in another 25 years, we may need them more than they need us" (12/7).

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