African singers to raise money for Haiti (Reuters)
DAKAR (Reuters) – West and Central individual melodic stars module achievement a strain in March in the individual top port to improve money for victims of terminal month's seism in Haiti, the singable project's cheater said on Wednesday.
More than 200,000 grouping were killed and a meg mitt unfortunate when a ratio 7.0 tremble struck the slummy sea land on Jan 12. Since then, a accumulation of planetary comfort efforts hit been launched.
In the most past individual assistance initiative, mountain of singers, among them internationally famous obloquy including individual vocalists Youssou Ndour and Baba Maal, Ivorian reggae creator Alpha Blondy and individual musicians Lokua Kanza and Papa Wemba, module foregather in port from March 1-6 to achievement a song, every proceeds from which module go to Haitians.
"We hit seen some solidarity actions from another parts of the world, we likewise hit to do our share," vocaliser and send coordinator Coumba Gawlo Seck told individual broadcasting after a gathering with Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade.
Mali and Guinea module also be represented musically, patch Coumba Gawlo said a mega-concert in port module be union to improve more money for Haitians.
Soon after the earthquake, Wade grabbed planetary headlines but astonied some in his possess land by proposing the creation of a newborn individual land to resettle unfortunate Haitians, scrutiny the intent to the 1948 relationship of the land of Israel.
(Reporting by Diadie Ba; Editing by justice Magnowski and Apostle Casciato)
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