The Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), now in the black according to its president Mirjana Spoljaric, will cut a total of 4,000 jobs this year and next.

Cuts have had to be made in some missions, while several countries, including Switzerland, have stepped up their support.

“In view of the improved financial situation, I’m sleeping better now,” Spoljaric said in an interview published in Le Temps on Wednesday. The financial situation had now “stabilised”. ...