Mali: Conditions remain hard, the needs acute

11-04-2013 Photo gallery

Northern Mali has been the scene of armed violence for almost 16 months. Conditions remain hard, and the needs acute. To continue to help the hundreds of thousands of people suffering the effects of the conflict, the ICRC has launched an appeal for an additional CHF 40 million.

- Diabaly, Ségou, Mali.
  ICRC personnel and volunteers from the Mali Red Cross unload sacks of food for distribution to displaced persons.
  © ICRC / T. Touré
- Kala-Séguida, Mopti, Mali.
  A Mali Red Cross volunteer poses next to food supplies ready for distribution.
  © ICRC / I. Sangaré
- Sévaré, Mopti, Mali.
  An ICRC employee explains the mandate of the ICRC and the basic rules of international humanitarian law to soldiers from the Senegalese contingents of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA)
  © ICRC
- Gao pumping station, Mali.
  Régis Savioz, ICRC deputy director of operations, and Jean-Nicolas Marti, head of the ICRC regional delegation for Mali and Niger, visit the pumping station for a briefing on its operation.
  © ICRC / V. Mbaoh Nana
- Gao, Mali.
  A mother watches tenderly over her sick child in Gao Regional Hospital, which is supported by the ICRC.
  © ICRC / C. Amadou
- Gao Regional Hospital, Mali.
  A young man relaxes in front of his hospital room. He suffered a hand injury during the fighting that took place in January 2013, and is receiving treatment from ICRC doctors.
  © ICRC / C. Amadou
- Tinzaouatene, Mali.
  Displaced people from the Gao and Kidal areas fill their buckets at a water point installed by the ICRC.
  © ICRC / D. Abdoulaye
- Goundam, Timbuktu, Mali.
  A young man leaves the distribution site with food provided by the ICRC and the Mali Red Cross.
  © ICRC / I. Sangaré