In 2025, Mali continued to face long-term insecurity, displacement, and worsening living conditions. Violence in central and northern areas limited access for humanitarian actors and disrupted essential services such as nutrition, healthcare and food assistance. By June 2025, around 402,000 people had fled their homes and were in urgent need. The economic situation remained difficult, with inflation driving high food prices, making it harder for families to afford basic necessities.

Food insecurity remained severe. Between June and August 2025, about 1.47 million people faced IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) hunger or worse. This included nearly 97,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Crisis) conditions and around 3,500 facing IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophic) levels of food shortage, mainly in conflict-affected and hard-to-reach areas. Malnutrition levels were also concerning, particularly among children and pregnant and lactating women, with illnesses such as malaria, respiratory infections, and diarrhoea further affecting their health.

Action Against Hunger reached over 1.5 million people across Mali in 2025. We prioritised preventive, community-based approaches in response to prolonged crises and limited access. Most support was provided in Health and Nutrition, reaching 943,060 people. WASH activities reached 327,620 people, while FSL support reached 254,058 people.

Efforts focused on promoting behaviour change and strengthening Health and Nutrition services, including mobile clinics. Actions were integrated to support infant feeding in emergencies at community-level, promoting safe infant and young child feeding practices in emergencies, providing cash or food assistance to vulnerable families, and introducing MHPSS support services.

In 2025, 83 per cent of supported households reported better food consumption and less reliance on harmful coping strategies, like skipping meals or selling assets. Women’s diets also improved, with 80 per cent indicating a substantial improvement in dietary diversity. Despite the difficult circumstances, recovery rates among severe acute malnutrition remained high, at 84.7 per cent.