Mali plans CFA francs 228 million for people expelled from Guinea
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mali Actu
Illustrative image · Şeyhmus Kino · Pexels · Licence PexelsMali is preparing an emergency plan worth nearly CFA francs 228 million to house, feed, treat and protect people expelled from Guinea. Minister Assa Badiallo Touré brought humanitarian actors together on 6 November to coordinate assistance, according to the Communication Network of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
Mali plans nearly CFA francs 228 million for a humanitarian response plan for people expelled from Guinea and received on its territory. The scheme covers accommodation, food, healthcare, protection and transport, according to the Communication Network of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
Assistance was at the centre of a meeting chaired on Friday 6 November 2026 by the Minister of Health and Social Development, physician colonel-major Assa Badiallo Touré. Initial measures include 50 tents, hot meals and medicines, while three priorities were identified: strengthening teams present at the sites, improving accommodation and organising transport to appropriate reception locations.
The national director of Social Development estimated that several tens of thousands of people had arrived, mostly from Burkina Faso, following expulsion operations in Guinea. Identification, registration and profiling operations still need to refine these estimates. The World Health Organization handed the minister a supply of medicines to strengthen healthcare provision.
Joint visits are planned during the week of 9 November to assess reception conditions. The meeting comes after the registration of 160,000 arrivals from Guinea, announced on 7 November, and the care provided to 134 gold miners expelled from Guinea, announced on 6 November.
