Appeal for underfunded operations
Includes VIDEO - Some of the ICRC's operations in protracted and lesser-known conflicts are currently underfunded. At a press conference in Geneva, Pierre Krähenbühl, the ICRC's director of operations, explained why this may be and outlined the funding the ICRC is currently seeking from its donors to fill the gap.
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town that straddles the border between Sudan and South Sudan September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers on trucks patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers on trucks patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town that straddles the border between Sudan and South Sudan September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town
Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers patrol the outskirts of the disputed Abyei town that straddles the border between Sudan and South Sudan September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
An abandoned church destroyed in 2011 is seen in South Sudan's Abyei town
An abandoned church destroyed in 2011 is seen in South Sudan's Abyei town, September 15, 2013. Abyei, straddling the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is claimed by both sides, which fought one of Africa's longest civil wars. Since South Sudan's secession in 2011 after an independence vote, both countries have been unable to decide on the ownership of Abyei, which is inhabited by the Dinka tribe allied to South Sudan and the Misseriya, an Arab tribe following Sudan. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)