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THE IRISH GOVERNMENT HAS pledged an additional €2.5 million in support to the humanitarian and recovery effort in Mali as part of a €520 million aid package from the European Union.
The assistance package has been agreed by countries attending a major international donor conference on Mali in Brussels today.
The conference is being jointly hosted by the EU and the French government with more than 80 countries and international organisations involved.
The funding from Ireland is in addition to €1.8 million already allocated by Ireland for humanitarian assistance this year as well as an Irish military contingent which is taking part in a training mission in the northwest African country.
The money is to be used to rebuild government institutions and the military, and repair infrastructure damaged in battles with Islamist militants which led to a French-led military intervention earlier this year.
The intervention pushed the rebels into the north of the country but tens of thousands of Malians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries including Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger.
“Almost 750,000 people in Mali need immediate assistance if we are to avoid a further deepening of this humanitarian crisis,” Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello said in a statement.
“The funding I am pledging today will support refugees and other civilians affected by the conflict and help communities rebuild their lives in the years ahead.
“Ireland is also committed to supporting international and domestic efforts to prepare for elections and to monitor human rights, working in close partnership with other donors and civil society.”
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TLDR version – Humans encroach on animal territory. Surprised when animals attack.
Exactly. Hippos are herbivores so only attack when threatened so obviously these fisherman are getting too close
Do they taste like chicken ?
It’s not just Africa.
Many an innocent drunken man has been mauled by hippos in coppers or dicey’s.
But they’re massively territorial and slightly dim, a bit like a Healy-Rae. So they may attack if someone even comes into view, also a bit like a Healy-Rae.
The U.S., has a lot of them and they hang out at your local Fastfood shop.
Even he crocs are afraid of the hippos.
Whats the difference between a hippo and a zippo? One is really heavy and the other is a little lighter :)
More than a little sensationalist. Everyone that has been on safari know hippos, bush pigs and water buffalo are the most dangerous animals & are involved in most mailings & attacks. Hippos & pigs are distant cousins which is why, like pigs hippos get sun burnt & so stay in the water.
If they can manage on the Zambezi they’ll manage in Senegal – anyone w knowledge of the natural world knows there is something missing in this article. 20 odd over ten years is probably below par for a hippo rich environment.
Or anyone that watches QI. hippos are the most dangerous animal in Africa
Apart from mosquitoes
Animal?
Darn Racist hippos. You’d never see them surrounding a European village, oppressing White people. Makes me sick.
Hungry hippos
Could they not just eat the hippos instead of fishing
Somebody was watching National Geographic last nite.
Still a better love story than Twilight!
Looks like their looking for an excuse to lift the protection order and start a cull,maybe they should look at something else to make money other than fishing
Arnie, yeah, perhaps driving taxis or sub-contracting for Apple. Better still, they could start a Séanad and all get seats.
“Practising magic protected people from the river, but now they don’t treat it properly, washing their clothes and dishes.” That finished off the article with a completely different image to the poor innocent fisherman in the Rest of the article!
Hippos are cool. More power to them.
Someone else is warning of an increases in shark attacks this year, now here’s the plan, we introduce sharks into ……..
I do not really know or this is the same village but about 2 years ago I was watching a program on TV. The program was about people interacting with animals in Africa. Some expert was send to most dangerous areas and they show a village where fisherman believe in their fate, so if they go fishing or come back from it they will go in their small boats right through the heard of hippos rather than just go around. No surprise with such attitude there will be a lot of people killed.
HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS JUST GOT REAL!!!!!
They re not vegetarian.They have been seen eating Zebra ,Wildebeest and other Hippos
Injured victims of hippo attacks can only be treated by doctors who have taken the hippocratic oath.
Ever been to Africa Arnie?
Nature fighting back on humans?
Attack of the Killer Hippos. Ffs did this come from the National Enquirer?
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