Memories return as Geldof visits Ethiopia

In the midst of lush green hills and fields of young corn, Bob Geldof came face to face with victims of Ethiopia’s latest drought, 19 years after the Irish star first called for help for the millions hit by famine in the Horn of Africa nation.

The 51-year-old singer turned activist saw tiny infants on the brink of death in a therapeutic feeding centre where dozens of children lay waiting for high-energy food to keep them alive.