Yoko to donate all album proceeds to Darfur

Yoko Ono has pledged to donate the royalties from the newly-released 'Make Some Noise' album to a human rights charity in an effort to raise awareness about the Darfur crisis.

The album - a compilation of cover versions of her late husband John Lennon's most well-known songs - includes tracks by rockers R.E.M and U2.

And 74-year-old Ono insists she wants to harness the LP's pulling power to make money for Amnesty International, as she believes genocide in the Sudanese region wrongly takes a back seat to the war in Iraq.

"Iraq is a terrible daily tragedy but the Darfur crisis should share the same level of focus," she said.

"That's why I am donating all of the royalties from the 'Make Some Noise' album to Amnesty International, aimed primarily at raising funds for Darfur."