Dire
At a glance
- Organisations listed10
- Share that are national or local20.0%
- People in food crisis (phase 3 or worse)7,720
- Displaced people recorded28,435
- Violence events (12 mo)25
Trend: Rising: 15 political violence events in the last six months, against 10 in the six months before.
Source: Coordination & Context: Operational Presence for Mali (2026-01-01 → 2026-03-31); Food Security, Nutrition & Poverty: Food Security for Mali (2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31); Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Mali (2023-04-30 → 2023-04-30) May be outdated; Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Mali (2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30). Every figure here is repeated in the section below that it comes from, with its full source line.
How bad is it
Food security (IPC / Cadre Harmonisé)
| Phase | People |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 — minimal | 169,833 |
| Phase 2 — stressed | 15,439 |
| Phase 3 — crisis | 7,720 |
| Phase 4 — emergency | 0 |
| Phase 5 — catastrophe | 0 |
| Phase 3 or worse | 7,720 |
| Population analysed | 192,992 |
Internal displacement
28,435
Displaced people recorded
Is it getting worse
Political violence
Events: 25·Reported fatalities: 59
| Month | Events | Reported fatalities |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 3 | 12 |
| 2025-11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 10 |
| Σ | 25 | 59 |
Violence against civilians
Events: 10·Reported fatalities: 24
| Month | Events | Reported fatalities |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2025-11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 0 | 0 |
| Σ | 10 | 24 |
Source: Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Mali — ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project), via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30. Last modified: 2026-09-19. Open the dataset on HDX
Who is helping here
10 organisations listed, 2 of them national or local (20.0%).
Education 2 organisations, 0 national or local
- Plan International (PI) International
- UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) United Nations
Emergency shelter and household items 1 organisations, 0 national or local
- UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) United Nations
Health 1 organisations, 0 national or local
- World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations
Nutrition 4 organisations, 1 national or local
- Association Vivre au Sahel (AVS) National / local
- Comité International pour l'Aide d'Urgence et le Développement (CIAUD) International
- Momentum Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR) International
- World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations
Protection 5 organisations, 1 national or local
- Association Malienne pour la Survie au Sahel (AMSS) National / local
- International Emergency Development and Aid Relief (IEDA Relief) International
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) International
- Plan International (PI) International
- UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) United Nations
Source: Coordination & Context: Operational Presence for Mali — OCHA and national humanitarian coordination structures (3W), via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2026-01-01 → 2026-03-31. Last modified: 2026-09-18. Open the dataset on HDX