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Current risks in Africa

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

799 unrest events, 2 travel advisory changes, 0 earthquakes, and 0 conflict events are active.

801 eventsSources: U.S. Department of State · gdelt

801 events· AfricaFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events46 countries with events, 10 events plottedTanzania · 20 · Events per country, last 30 daysDem. Rep. Congo · 46 · Events per country, last 30 daysSomalia · 138 · Events per country, last 30 daysKenya · 263 · Events per country, last 30 daysSudan · 230 · Events per country, last 30 daysChad · 47 · Events per country, last 30 daysSouth Africa · 545 · Events per country, last 30 daysLesotho · 5 · Events per country, last 30 daysZimbabwe · 94 · Events per country, last 30 daysBotswana · 12 · Events per country, last 30 daysNamibia · 24 · Events per country, last 30 daysSenegal · 4 · Events per country, last 30 daysMali · 55 · Events per country, last 30 daysMauritania · 1 · Events per country, last 30 daysBenin · 16 · Events per country, last 30 daysNiger · 41 · Events per country, last 30 daysNigeria · 1476 · Events per country, last 30 daysCameroon · 30 · Events per country, last 30 daysTogo · 4 · Events per country, last 30 daysGhana · 131 · Events per country, last 30 daysCôte d'Ivoire · 6 · Events per country, last 30 daysGuinea · 14 · Events per country, last 30 daysLiberia · 43 · Events per country, last 30 daysSierra Leone · 7 · Events per country, last 30 daysBurkina Faso · 10 · Events per country, last 30 daysCentral African Rep. · 4 · Events per country, last 30 daysCongo · 49 · Events per country, last 30 daysGabon · 1 · Events per country, last 30 daysEq. Guinea · 1 · Events per country, last 30 daysZambia · 53 · Events per country, last 30 daysMalawi · 46 · Events per country, last 30 daysMozambique · 17 · Events per country, last 30 daysAngola · 8 · Events per country, last 30 daysBurundi · 5 · Events per country, last 30 daysMadagascar · 4 · Events per country, last 30 daysGambia · 1 · Events per country, last 30 daysTunisia · 14 · Events per country, last 30 daysAlgeria · 16 · Events per country, last 30 daysEritrea · 9 · Events per country, last 30 daysMorocco · 225 · Events per country, last 30 daysEgypt · 127 · Events per country, last 30 daysLibya · 59 · Events per country, last 30 daysEthiopia · 84 · Events per country, last 30 daysUganda · 112 · Events per country, last 30 daysRwanda · 23 · Events per country, last 30 daysS. Sudan · 43 · Events per country, last 30 daysDemonstration in Kano, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Jalingo, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Yola, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Harare, Zimbabwe · Zimbabwe · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Errachidia, Morocco · Morocco · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Riot in Enugu, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Oyo, Nigeria · Nigeria · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in South Africa · South Africa · 20 Aug 2026Riot in Mopti, Mali · Mali · 20 Aug 2026
Events per country, last 30 daysfewermore
  • Nigeria: 1476
  • South Africa: 545
  • Kenya: 263
  • Sudan: 230
  • Morocco: 225

Totals for Africa, last 30 days

Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
3,403
0 in the list
Unrest
760
799 in the list
Advisory
2
2 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Africa

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Africa

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0.3
0
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 5,405.3
3,403
Unrest
90-day baseline: 1,234
760
Advisory
90-day baseline: 1.7
2

Events per day in Africa

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-050021138048253
2026-08-060019970048105
2026-08-070023057037284
2026-08-080014528037977
2026-08-090014825033205
2026-08-100020640043965
2026-08-110025643042192
2026-08-120024550044917
2026-08-130023253039551
2026-08-140024335038029
2026-08-150017332037697
2026-08-160014652037031
2026-08-170022774158676
2026-08-18002545905371
2026-08-190024257062683
2026-08-200024647053067
2026-08-210000048882
2026-08-220000060347
2026-08-230000045781
2026-08-240000060584
2026-08-250000050795
2026-08-260000048682
2026-08-270000064744
2026-08-280000049035
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-300000041044
2026-08-310000152639
2026-09-010000069104
2026-09-020000061384
2026-09-0300000481

Events

What is happening in Africa

801 events · newest first

  1. Advisory

    U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Sao Tome And Principe

    Level 2 → 3 · Sao Tome And Principe · Source: U.S. Department of State

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Kano · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in Jalingo, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Jalingo · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Yola, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Yola · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Demonstration in Harare, Zimbabwe

    Severity 3 · Zimbabwe · Harare · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Errachidia, Morocco

    Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Lafia · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Riot in Enugu, Nigeria

    Severity 4 · Nigeria · Enugu · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Demonstration in Oyo, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Oyo · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in South Africa

    Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt

  11. Unrest

    Riot in Mopti, Mali

    Severity 4 · Mali · Mopti · Source: gdelt

  12. Advisory

    U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Sao Tome And Principe

    Level 3 → 2 · Sao Tome And Principe · Source: U.S. Department of State

Geography

Countries with the most events

  1. Nigeria1476

    44% of events

  2. South Africa545

    16% of events

  3. Kenya263

    8% of events

  4. Sudan230

    7% of events

  5. Morocco225

    7% of events

  6. Somalia138

    4% of events

  7. Ghana131

    4% of events

  8. Egypt127

    4% of events

  9. Uganda112

    3% of events

  10. Zimbabwe94

    3% of events

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.

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