Lilongwe, and Blantyre, Mzuzu, Zomba cities: MEDIUM
The capital Lilongwe, Blantyre (Southern region), Mzuzu (Northern region) and Zomba (Southern region) cities experience higher rates of crime, particularly bag-snatching and mugging. In addition, urban areas are susceptible to sporadic outbreaks of social unrest. Continued economic hardship for the urban poor and widely publicised corruption scandals provide an underlying climate conducive to public protests in the foreseeable future. Precedent shows that any such demonstrations entail the credible risk of violence between protesters and the security forces.