Malawi

News coverage about Malawi accounts for 0.071% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-0.1%). The average tone of this coverage is -0.64 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.071%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-0.1%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.64
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Malawi coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.07% on 2026-08-200.000.100.20May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Malawi coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.64 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Malawi: 36 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0May 27Jun 16Jun 30Jul 9Jul 20Aug 11Aug 19

Diplomacy (6/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Malawi: 87 days, latest 6.00 on 2026-08-200.00125250May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Malawi: 86 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 26Aug 10Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Malawi, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 34% of the coverage about Malawi came from outlets based in Malawi — the rest was written from abroad (1,530 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Malawi from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 41.84 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about Malawi produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Lilongwe (5)
  • Kangankunde (3)
  • Limbe (1)
  • Southern Region (1)
  • Mvula (1)
  • Nyirongo (1)
  • Mzuzu (1)
  • Livingstonia (1)
  • Rumphi (1)
  • Chitedze (1)
  • Makoka (1)

Places named in coverage about Malawi on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Malawi

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$14.9B
World Bank, 2025
Population
22.2M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
39.4%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.0%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
551
originating from Malawi
Refugees hosted
35,241
from other countries
Asylum seekers
25,251
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Malawi-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).