Violence in the news: 3 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×0.5 · 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
2.4 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level0
Nothing in the open sources stands out.
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
175 000
Refugees who fled
58
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
2
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Lesotho, 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+)
- 0.2 M
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- 7%
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- –
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 58
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 680
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- –
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $1,089
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).
FEWS NET – IPC-compatible analysis
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 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Maseru
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7…17 | 18.3 mm | 46 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 4…20 | 0.0 mm | 25 km/h | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 8…24 | 0.0 mm | 44 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 9…23 | 0.0 mm | 45 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 8…24 | 0.0 mm | 39 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 9…26 | 0.0 mm | 28 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 11…29 | 0.6 mm | 41 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)
Food prices in markets5
| Item | Price | USD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread (brown) / Loaf | 16.84 LSL | 1.04 | +9% |
| Maize meal / 12.5 KG | 102.45 LSL | 6.33 | -13% |
| Wheat flour / 12.5 KG | 136.69 LSL | 8.45 | -1% |
| Oil (sunflower) / 750 ML | 34.32 LSL | 2.13 | -2% |
| Beans (sugar-red) / 500 G | 23.45 LSL | 1.45 | -9% |
Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.
WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Disasters since 20002
Droughts
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)