Relationship dossier
Malawi
Nigeria
Relationship assessment
Malawi and Nigeria have engaged through a presidential visit and bilateral cooperation agreements.
Malawi toward Nigeria
+20Malawi’s president visited Nigeria in 2022, and Malawi signed bilateral cooperation agreements during the visit, including arrangements for continued government engagement.
Nigeria toward Malawi
+20Nigeria hosted Malawi’s president in 2022 and entered bilateral cooperation agreements with Malawi during the visit, indicating practical government-level engagement.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes high-level engagement and bilateral cooperation agreements, providing a basis for practical cooperation. The scale, implementation, and durability of this engagement are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Malawi and Nigeria have pursued bilateral engagement, including a 2022 visit by Malawi’s president to Nigeria and the signing of cooperation agreements. These steps indicate practical but relatively limited cooperation; the scope and implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Key developments
Malawi’s president visited Nigeria, where the two governments signed bilateral cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral agreements signed in 2022 are unclear.
- Details of sustained cooperation beyond high-level engagement and the agreements are limited.