Risk events in Malawi, April 2026
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.
54 events were recorded: 44 conflict events and 10 unrest events.
54 eventsSources: gdelt
54 events· Malawi
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 44
- 2 in the list
- Unrest
- 10
- 2 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
54 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nkhotakota, Malawi
Severity 3 · Nkhotakota · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 2 · Lilongwe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lilongwe, Malawi
Severity 2 · 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.