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Update 29/4/2026: The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is closely monitoring the situation in Mali. Our immediate priority is the safety and security of staff, partners, and the people we serve. All Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff and dependants are safe and accounted for. As a precautionary measure, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has temporarily paused field movements and operations, including UNHAS flights. Food distributions for Internally Displaced People and refugees, as well as targeting exercises for both emergency and resilience activities, have been impacted by the operational pause. Â鶹ÊÓƵ currently assists more than 150,000 IDPs and refugees in Mali. Â鶹ÊÓƵ remains fully committed to supporting the people of Mali and operations will resume as soon as the situation allows.

Mali, a vast landlocked country in the heart of the Sahel, ranks 188 out of 193 in  . The country faces major challenges in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) and improving nutrition.

Armed conflict, insecurity and climate shocks such as floods and droughts have contributed to a progressive deterioration of livelihoods in the country. Agriculture, employing 80 percent of the population, is undermined by land degradation, lack of fertilizers, post-harvest losses and limited market access, leaving smallholder farmers highly vulnerable.

Northern and central regions are experiencing severe hunger, driven by conflict, rising food prices, energy shortages and the climate crisis. The November 2025 Cadre Harmonis¨¦ projected 1.6 million people acutely food insecure during the lean season, including 1.5 million in IPC Phase 3, a 9 percent increase from the previous year. The 2025 nutrition survey reported a Global Acute Malnutrition rate of 8.7 percent, with several regions surpassing the WHO emergency threshold.

As of December 2025, Mali hosted 414,500 internally displaced people and 270,000 refugees, further straining already fragile resilience. The combination of insecurity, climate shocks and economic pressures has disrupted food systems, while funding constraints have compounded the situation.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ works in partnership with the Government, UN agencies and civil society organizations to provide an integrated assistance package of emergency life-saving aid and long-term resilience activities, in northern and central regions.