Current risks in Malawi
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
2 conflict events, 8 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
10 eventsSources: gdelt
10 events· MalawiFire activity within the 30-day mean
ConflictUnrest
Totals for Malawi, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 51
- 2 in the list
- Unrest
- 8
- 8 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Malawi
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Malawi
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Malawi
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 358 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 243 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 224 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 484 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 456 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 161 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 223 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 283 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 242 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 298 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 380 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 305 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 380 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 |
Events
What is happening in Malawi
10 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Zomba, Malawi
Severity 3 · Zomba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 2 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nkhotakota, Malawi
Severity 3 · Nkhotakota · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 3 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zomba, Malawi
Severity 3 · Zomba · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nkhotakota, Malawi
Severity 3 · Nkhotakota · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Zomba, Malawi
Severity 4 · Zomba · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 3 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 3 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 3 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.
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