Attachments
In Numbers
- 452,950 people assisted*
*Preliminary figures - 2,968 mt of food distributed
- US$ 144 million six-month net funding requirement (March–August 2025)
Operational Updates
- The security situation remained volatile, characterized by armed clashes, as well as violent attacks on civilians. Several areas reported incidents of improvised explosive device (IED) explosions. Village incursions resulted in intimidation, killings, kidnappings, and livestock theft. In isolated localities, residents and internally displaced persons remained cut off from essential supplies and basic social services, relying on supply convoys and aerial deliveries to meet basic needs.
- In February, WFP provided unconditional in-kind food assistance to 158,470 acutely food-insecure people, including 16,805 refugees. Beneficiaries in Emergency (CH Phase 4) received full rations, while those in Crisis (CH Phase 3) received only half rations due to resource constraints.
- Extreme access constraints continued to hinder the delivery of assistance to hard-to-reach areas. In response,
WFP airlifted 1,096 metric tons (mt) of emergency food and nutrition assistance using heavy-lift helicopters to 12 localities, providing a lifeline for 65,760 acutely food-insecure people. This included 2,030 children aged 6-23 months and 1,420 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls (PBW/G), who received specialized nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition. Previously supplied only through airlifts, Titao was successfully reached by land, marking a breakthrough in access to this besieged locality and resulting in significant cost savings. As a last resort, WFP also participated in governmentorganized supply convoys to Pissila, Tougouri, Yalgo, Dori, and Dargo, enabling the delivery of 941 mt of food and nutrition commodities. - WFP distributed specialized nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition, reaching 6,500 children aged 6-23 months (52 percent girls) and 4,210 PBW/G. Nutrition messaging from WFP reached 20,970 people (85 percent women), raising awareness on good nutrition, hygiene, and optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices.
- To manage moderate acute malnutrition, WFP provided specialized nutritious foods to 47,690 children aged 6-59 months (52 percent girls), and 25,390 PBW/G. Moreover, 6,715 children aged 6-59 months were screened for malnutrition, resulting in the detection of 320 cases of moderate and 28 cases of severe acute malnutrition.