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CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW
Since January 2024, protracted violence and conflict between non-state armed groups (NSAGs) linked to the Islamic State have besieged major towns in northeastern and central Mali (in the Gao, Kidal, Ménaka, Mopti, San, Ségou, Taoudénit, and Tombouctou regions) (AP 01/05/2024). By 30 April, there were nearly 355,000 IDPs in the country, hosted in camps without adequate services and in host communities (Taqadoumy 27/04/2024; UNHCR accessed 29/05/2024). By February 2024, over 7.1 million people required humanitarian assistance, nearly 3.9 million of whom were children (UNICEF 17/05/2024 and 28/05/2024).
During 2023, more than 72,500 people were displaced in Mali as a result of clashes between rival NSAGs, inter-communal conflicts, and Malian Armed Forces (MAF) operations against NSAGs. The regions of Gao, Kidal, Ménaka, Mopti, Taoudénit, and Tombouctou were the worst affected (WHO 05/04/2024). Since 2023, NSAG-imposed blockades on major northern towns and supply roads have created starvation-like conditions for communities, prompting some to leave and settle in IDP camps. In the affected regions, prices for basic food items have skyrocketed and markets have been abandoned, with the few that remain open struggling to serve the influx of new arrivals and host communities (FEWS NET 20/03/2024; TNH 12/03/2024; VOA 03/05/2024).
Mali is highly vulnerable to climate change, facing acute challenges from rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events (IMF 14/06/2023; Tear Fund 17/11/2023). Mali has an INFORM climate change risk score of 6.8/10, with extremely high scores in several areas: hazard exposure (7.2/10), hazard vulnerability (6.7/10), and lack of coping capacity (6.5/10). These scores are primarily the result of the effects of river floods, drought, epidemics, displacement, and inadequate infrastructure and institutional capacities (INFORM accessed 29/05/2024).