The ICC said it was considering investigating rapes and killings that had been
committed since fighting erupted in Mali’s desert north in January.
President Barack Obama authorised the use of $10 million (£6.5 million) in
emergency funds on Thursday for people displaced by the conflict in northern
Mali.
The funds will support efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Almost 230,000 Malian refugees have fled to Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania
and Niger, while an additional 155,000 Malians are internally displaced,
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