Violence in the news: 18 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · ×0.8 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Protests 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
22.2 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +11.3 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
4
People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
1 250 000
Refugees who fled
2 330
Severe weather warnings in force
1
Natural hazards, 7 days
1
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Malawi, 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+)
- 1.3 M
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- 6%
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- 24.5%
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 2,330
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 60,492
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 2
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $672
- 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 days2
- WildfireForest fires in Malawi · Oct 5, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Malawi · Oct 5, 2026
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Lilongwe
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 20 | 19…34 | 0.0 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 19…34 | 0.0 mm | 40 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 21…35 | 0.0 mm | 40 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 22…35 | 0.0 mm | 37 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 23…33 | 0.0 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 21…31 | 0.9 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 19…32 | 0.0 mm | 44 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 markets14
| Item | Price | USD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet potatoes / KG | 556 MWK | 0.32 | -50% |
| Local vegetables / KG | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | +371% |
| Laundry soap / 140 G | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | 0% |
| Tomatoes / KG | 1,200 MWK | 0.69 | -43% |
| Rice / KG | 3,400 MWK | 1.96 | -15% |
| Charcoal / KG | 1,000 MWK | 0.58 | +43% |
| Firewood / 350 G | 167 MWK | 0.10 | -44% |
| Exotic vegetables / KG | 1,200 MWK | 0.69 | +300% |
| Bathing soap / 300 G | 3,500 MWK | 2.02 | 0% |
| Cassava / KG | 2,000 MWK | 1.15 | -20% |
| Groundnuts (shelled) / KG | 5,000 MWK | 2.88 | -29% |
| Fertilizer (NPK) / 50 KG | 200,000 MWK | 115.36 | +33% |
| Fertilizer (urea) / 50 KG | 200,000 MWK | 115.36 | +33% |
| Soybeans / KG | 2,900 MWK | 1.68 | -3% |
Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-10); change against the same month a year before.
WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Disasters since 20003
Tropical cyclonesFloods
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)