WhoHelpsHere

Kidal

ML0801·Kidal·Mali

At a glance

  • Organisations listed19
  • Share that are national or local52.6%
  • People in food crisis (phase 3 or worse)17,669
  • Displaced people recorded2,727
  • Violence events (12 mo)31

Trend: Rising: 24 political violence events in the last six months, against 7 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Mali (2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31); Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Mali (2023-04-30 → 2023-04-30) May be outdated; Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Mali (2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30).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)

PhasePeople
Phase 1 — minimal21,792
Phase 2 — stressed19,436
Phase 3 — crisis12,368
Phase 4 — emergency5,301
Phase 5 — catastrophe0
Phase 3 or worse17,669
Population analysed58,897

Source: Food Security, Nutrition & Poverty: Food Security for Mali — IPC / Cadre Harmonisé, via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31. Last modified: 2026-09-18. Open the dataset on HDX

Internal displacement

2,727

Displaced people recorded

Source: Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Mali — IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix and national partners, via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2023-04-30 → 2023-04-30. May be outdated Last modified: 2026-09-18. Open the dataset on HDX

Is it getting worse

The three event categories below overlap: an event counted as civilian targeting is usually also counted as political violence. They must never be added together. Each is shown separately.

Political violence

Events: 31·Reported fatalities: 48

2025-10: 025-102025-11: 12025-12: 12026-01: 42026-02: 02026-03: 12026-04: 22026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 72026-08: 112026-09: 426-09110
MonthEventsReported fatalities
2025-10 0 0
2025-11 1 4
2025-12 1 0
2026-01 4 5
2026-02 0 0
2026-03 1 3
2026-04 2 4
2026-05 0 0
2026-06 0 0
2026-07 7 11
2026-08 11 18
2026-09 4 3
Σ 31 48

Violence against civilians

Events: 13·Reported fatalities: 20

2025-10: 025-102025-11: 12025-12: 02026-01: 42026-02: 02026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 32026-08: 42026-09: 126-0940
MonthEventsReported fatalities
2025-10 0 0
2025-11 1 4
2025-12 0 0
2026-01 4 5
2026-02 0 0
2026-03 0 0
2026-04 0 0
2026-05 0 0
2026-06 0 0
2026-07 3 8
2026-08 4 0
2026-09 1 3
Σ 13 20

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

19 organisations listed, 10 of them national or local (52.6%).

Camp coordination and management 1 organisations, 0 national or local
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) United Nations
Education 1 organisations, 1 national or local
  • IMIDIERAR National / local
Food security 2 organisations, 1 national or local
  • Eduquer, Former les Femmes, un Appui au Développement (EFFAD) National / local
  • World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations
Health 10 organisations, 4 national or local
  • Direction Régionale de la Santé (DRS) National / local
  • Direction Régionale du Développement Social et de l'Economie Solidaire (DRDSES) National / local
  • Eduquer, Former les Femmes, un Appui au Développement (EFFAD) National / local
  • Mali Red Cross (CRM) National / local
  • Aide de l'Eglise Norvégienne (AEN) International
  • Doctors Without Borders Spain (MSF-E) International
  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Red Cross / Red Crescent
  • Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) International
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations
  • World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations
Nutrition 2 organisations, 1 national or local
  • Help for Sahel National / local
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations
Protection 6 organisations, 3 national or local
  • Appui à la Scolarisation et au Développement des Femmes et des Enfants pour une Meilleure Intégration Nationale (ASDEMIN) National / local
  • Association Malienne pour la Survie au Sahel (AMSS) National / local
  • Nouveaux Horizons (NOHO) National / local
  • Aide de l'Eglise Norvégienne (AEN) International
  • Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) International
  • Social Action for Development (SAD) International
Water, sanitation and hygiene 2 organisations, 1 national or local
  • Assaciation Sahelienne d'Appui au Développement Décentralisé (ASSADDEC) National / local
  • Aide de l'Eglise Norvégienne (AEN) International

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