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MALI - COMPLEX EMERGENCY FACT SHEET #1, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2018 MARCH 30, 2018 NUMBERS AT USAID/OFDA1 FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS A GLANCE BY SECTOR IN FY 2017–2018 UN requests approximately $263 million to address humanitarian needs 8% 2% in Mali in 2018 17.9 9% 26% Security incidents against relief workers in Mali during 2017 increase million 9% by 96 percent compared to 2016 Population of Mali 10% 13% CIA World Factbook – July 2017 Food security conditions deteriorate, 10% 13% leaving nearly 4.1 million people in need of food assistance Agriculture & Food Security (26%) 4.1 Logistics Support & Relief Commodities (13%) HUMANITARIAN FUNDING Economic Recovery & Market Systems (13%) FOR THE MALI RESPONSE IN FY 2017–2018 Protection (10%) million Humanitarian Coordination & Information Management (10%) USAID/OFDA $22,202,179 People in Mali Requiring Health (9%) Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (9%) Humanitarian Assistance Nutrition (8%) USAID/FFP $37,897,721 in 2018 Shelter and Settlements (2%) UN – February 2018 State/PRM3 $33,601,709 USAID/FFP2 FUNDING BY MODALITY IN FY 2017–2018 800,000 59% 19% 18% 4% $93,701,609 U.S. In-Kind Food Aid (59%) Severely Food-Insecure Local and Regional Food Procurement (19%) People in Mali Food Vouchers (18%) UN – February 2018 Cash Transfers for Food (4%) KEY DEVELOPMENTS 47,700 The 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Mali requests nearly $263 million to IDPs in Mali provide humanitarian assistance to 1.6 million of the estimated 4.1 million people in need, GoM – January 2018 a nearly 11 percent increase from the 3.7 million people requiring assistance in 2017. Humanitarian workers continue to experience attacks and incidences of criminality in Mali. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded 134,450 133 security incidents targeting relief actors in 2017, a nearly 96 percent increase from the Malian Refugees and 68 incidents recorded in 2016. Asylum Seekers in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Nearly 4.1 million people could face food insecurity in Mali in 2018, according to the and Niger 2018 HRP. Above-average cereal prices, depleted food stocks, and poor pasture UN – February 2018 conditions have contributed to a 17 percent increase in the number of food-insecure people since 2017. Humanitarian actors report that food insecurity in Mali may worsen in the coming months. 63,100 Returned Refugees to 1 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Mali 2 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) GoM – January 2018 1 CURRENT EVENTS On March 21, delegates at a UN Human Rights Council Session reviewed implementation of the 2015 Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, resulting from the Algiers Process―an accord enacted between the Government of Mali (GoM) and opposition groups. Delegates voiced concerns over escalating insecurity in central and northern Mali and urged the GoM to increase its security presence in those regions to prevent further deterioration of security conditions. During the March 21 session, speakers also noted the importance of ensuring free and fair elections in the coming months. Following attacks by armed groups in November 2017, the GoM postponed regional elections amid security concerns. Originally scheduled for December 2017, the elections are now planned to occur in December 2018, after the presidential election in July 2018. On January 24, UN Security Council (UNSC) members issued a press statement urging all parties to implement the remaining obligations outlined in the 2015 accord by the end of March to avoid reversing recent momentum towards reconciliation. Armed actors continue to target members of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). On February 28, a UN vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device (IED) while traveling between Mopti Region’s Boni village and Douentza town, resulting in the deaths of four UN peacekeepers and injuring four others, according to the UN. The incident is one of the latest in a series of violent attacks against UN staff, with the UN reporting more than 146 MINUSMA deaths since the peacekeeping operation began in 2013. UN Secretary- General António Guterres and the UNSC issued statements condemning the attacks and emphasized that any violations of the peace agreement or involvement in attacks against MINUSMA members would result in UN sanctions. A similar incident involving an IED in Mopti’s Dioura village on February 27 resulted in the deaths of six GoM soldiers, international media reported. INSECURITY AND POPULATION MOVEMENT Attacks against civilians increased during 2017, particularly in the central and northern regions of Gao, Kidal, and Mopti, the UN reports. In October 2017, the GoM extended the nationwide state of emergency—first declared in November 2015—through October 2018 in response to continued violence. Criminality and violence continue to disrupt humanitarian activities in central and northern Mali. Relief actors experienced at least 133 security incidents in 2017, a 96 percent increase compared to the 68 incidents recorded in 2016, OCHA reports. Relief actors in Gao accounted for 27 percent of 2017 incidents, the most of any region. Overall, carjacking and theft were the most common incidents, comprising nearly 70 percent, while approximately 5 percent were linked to armed groups. Relief organizations have reported fluid population movement in Mali since mid-2017, with simultaneous reports of new population displacement and internally displaced person (IDP) returns. In January, the GoM reported that nearly 47,700 IDPs were sheltering across Mali, representing a decrease of 7,700 people―approximately 14 percent―compared to the 55,400 IDPs identified in July 2017. Despite the overall decrease, the International Organization for Migration reported nearly 17,700 new IDPs in Gao, Ménaka, and Tombouctou regions between October 2017 and January 2018. Escalating violence in areas near the Burkina Faso–Mali border has displaced at least 20,000 people since December 2017, according to the UN. Approximately 3,000 people fled Burkina Faso for Mali, while thousands of Mali residents are sheltering in Tombouctou Region’s Ebang Malane, Gossi, Gourma-Rharous, and Ouinerden communes. As of mid-February, humanitarian actors noted acute water shortages at displacement sites, with some IDPs reporting lack of access to safe drinking water within approximately 6 miles. Relief actors are responding to humanitarian needs in the area; however, insecurity is hindering access to vulnerable populations. School closures in Mali have increased significantly in recent months, particularly in Mopti, where more than 60 percent of closed schools are located. According to the UN, more than 670 schools remained closed due to insecurity as of January 2018, a 35 percent increase from the 500 closed schools at the start of the 2017–2018 academic year in November 2017. The school closures are disrupting education for an estimated 300,000 children in Mali, the UN reports. 2 FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION The 2018 HRP reports that an estimated 4.1 million people in Mali could face food insecurity in 2018, representing a 17 percent increase from the approximately 3.5 million people identified as food insecure in the 2017 HRP. Above- average grain prices, deteriorating security conditions, and agricultural and pasture deficits due to insufficient rainfall in 2017 have resulted in increased food needs across Mali, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and UN World Food Program (WFP) reported in mid-March. Additionally, depleted pastures and inadequate surface water have forced pastoral households to migrate early in 2018, while food stocks and household income are limited due to poor main-season harvests in late 2017, according to the UN agencies. In November 2017, the GoM and humanitarian organizations released a Cadre Harmonisé (CH) report, a tool used across West Africa to classify and quantify food insecurity. The analysis projected approximately 795,000 people will experience Crisis—Phase 3—or worse levels of acute food insecurity between June and August 2018, a period covering the end of the pastoral lean season and the beginning of the agricultural lean season.4 This figure represents a 32 percent increase from the 601,000 people who likely experienced Crisis or worse food insecurity levels between June and August 2017. In a March 2018 statement, the Food Security and Nutrition clusters—the coordinating bodies for humanitarian food security and nutrition activities, comprising UN agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders—noted that the most recent available data suggest that the food security situation in Mali has worsened since the release of the 2017 CH estimates. An updated CH analysis is expected in the coming months. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) reports that previous production shortfalls in parts of Gao, Kayes, Koulikoro, Mopti, and Tombouctou regions are resulting in early depletion of food stocks. In addition, above- average staple food prices are reducing poor households’ access to food in markets. Vulnerable populations in these areas will likely face Stressed—IPC 2—levels of food insecurity through September, with some low-income households experiencing Crisis—IPC 3—levels of acute food insecurity in the absence of humanitarian assistance, according to FEWS NET. In mid-2017, the GoM and UN agencies, including USAID/FFP partner UNICEF, conducted a national Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) nutrition survey. The SMART survey found that the national prevalence of childhood global acute malnutrition was nearly 11 percent, with levels in Gao and Tombouctou exceeding the UN World Health Organization emergency threshold of 15 percent. In response to increased nutrition needs, UNICEF aims to treat 130,000 children experiencing severe acute malnutrition during 2018. USAID/FFP has provided approximately $2.2 million to support UNICEF operations in Mali since FY 2017.