Bob Geldof is to return to Ethiopia to highlight a looming humanitarian crisis, UNICEF has said.
The United Nations Children's Fund said yesterday that Geldof was joining a delegation from its London-based arm on a five-day tour of the drought-hit East African country.
Geldof is due to visit water and food projects, schools and AIDS centres from May 27.
"The visit will provide an opportunity for Bob Geldof to see firsthand the challenges the country faces," UNICEF UK said in a statement.
Aid agencies estimate more than 12 million Ethiopians are at risk of starvation after the country's worst drought in nearly two decades. The World Food Programme estimated this week that it will need 944,280 metric tons of food between May and December to feed those at risk.
Ethiopia was devastated in 1984 by a famine which claimed about one million lives. Geldof, the former lead singer with The Boomtown Rats, decided to act after seeing the scenes of devastation on television.
He organised the two huge Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia to raise money for famine victims and urged the world to help.