ADDIS ABABA, Rabi'I 30, 1435, Jan 31, 2014, SPA -- The United Nations is asking donors for more money to fund African Union peacekeepers trying end inter-communal violence in the Central African Republic, Reuters cited a U.N. official as saying on Friday. Almost a million people, a quarter of the population, have been displaced by fighting since the mostly Muslim Seleka rebel group seized power in March in the majority Christian country. At least 2,000 people are estimated to have been killed. "It is a critical situation, we have seen massive violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law," U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told Reuters, speaking on the sidelines of an African Union summit. The United Nations has warned the conflict in the landlocked former French colony risks spiralling into genocide. -- SPA 18:45 LOCAL TIME 15:45 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1193912