Kidal
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Mali (2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31); Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Mali (2023-04-30 → 2023-04-30) May be outdated; Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Mali (2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30).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)
| Phase | People |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 — minimal | 21,792 |
| Phase 2 — stressed | 19,436 |
| Phase 3 — crisis | 12,368 |
| Phase 4 — emergency | 5,301 |
| Phase 5 — catastrophe | 0 |
| Phase 3 or worse | 17,669 |
| Population analysed | 58,897 |
Internal displacement
2,727
Displaced people recorded
Is it getting worse
Political violence
Events: 31·Reported fatalities: 48
| Month | Events | Reported 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
| Month | Events | Reported 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