Violence in the news: 1 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
–
last 90 days
Civilians
–
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
2.6 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +11 extreme weather warning in force from the national weather serviceWMO Severe Weather Information Centre
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Natural hazards, 7 days
1
Refugees who fled
1 173
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
2
Extreme weather warnings in force
1
Severe weather warnings in force
1
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Botswana, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- –
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- –
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- 18.2%
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 1,173
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 868
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 1
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $7,778
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days12
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 18, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 16, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 15, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 15, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in South Africa, Botswana · Oct 15, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 13, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 12, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 11, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 10, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Oct 8, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 26, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 25, 2026
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Gaborone
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 20 | 14…30 | 0.0 mm | 32 km/h | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 15…35 | 0.0 mm | 44 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 18…36 | 0.0 mm | 44 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 20…36 | 0.0 mm | 41 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 20…33 | 0.0 mm | 38 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 20…33 | 0.0 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 20…34 | 0.0 mm | 36 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Disasters since 20003
Droughts
- Drought in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa · May 21, 2019 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 276650 km2
- Drought in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe · Mar 21, 2019 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 km2
- Drought in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe · Oct 21, 2018 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)