Is Band Aid 30 out of tune on Africa?

Patrice Bart-Williams, who is among a group musicians who recorded a German version of the Band aid song on Ebola, says he is not entirely happy with the outcome.

The British nurse who survived Ebola, William Pooley, says the “cultural ignorance” displayed in the Band Aid 30 lyrics is “cringeworthy”.

Bob Geldof says a new Band Aid charity single will feature Elbow, One Direction and Ed Sheeran, with money raised used to fight the Ebola outbreak.

Plans are under way to pull together a host of music stars to create the fourth incarnation of the Band Aid charity single.

A special edition of BBC World Service’s global radio programme, BBC Africa Debate, will be coming from the British Museum in London. Presented by the BBC’s Alex Jakana and Zeinab Badawi and recorded in front of an invited audience, it will ask if Africa has outgrown development aid.
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The British-Ghanaian rapper didn't feel the message of the Band Aid 30 song fit with the message of The New Africa Movement.

Pre-orders of the new Band Aid single to tackle the Ebola crisis have been "manic" since its unveiling, organiser Bob Geldof has revealed.