Singer Youssou N'Dour has confirmed reports he is running as a candidate in Senegal's upcoming presidential elections. The musician announced in November he had turned his back on his music caree...

Campaigning anti-poverty rockers Bono and Bob Geldof teamed up this week to put pressure on U.S. President George W. Bush ahead of the G-8 summit in Germany. The pair, accompanied by Senegalese sin...

In an historic effort to mobilize activism around the human rights atrocities occurring in Darfur, Sudan, more than 50 international recording artists and over 30 record labels have united behind "...

Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day will contribute a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" to the forthcoming CD Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. The tr...