Risk events in Africa, 2026
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.
38431 events in 2026
38431 events
38431 events· Africa
- Nigeria: 13607
- South Africa: 5461
- Kenya: 2222
- Sudan: 2125
- Mali: 1134
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Earthquake
90-day baseline: 4
1
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 65,765
32,042
Unrest
90-day baseline: 15,013.5
6,383
Advisory
90-day baseline: 20.4
5
Events per month
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| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-01 | 0 | 0 | 375 | 2 | 0 | 4552 |
| 2026-03-01 | 0 | 0 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-01 | 0 | 0 | 6418 | 989 | 0 | 191375 |
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 6947 | 1303 | 0 | 325930 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0 | 0 | 6514 | 1725 | 0 | 619289 |
| 2026-07-01 | 0 | 0 | 6736 | 1494 | 3 | 929517 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1 | 0 | 4166 | 870 | 2 | 1263326 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130969 |
| 2026-10-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-11-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-12-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Archive
38431 events in 2026
- January 2026 (439)
- February 2026 (377)
- March 2026 (447)
- April 2026 (7407)
- May 2026 (8250)
- June 2026 (8239)
- July 2026 (8233)
- August 2026 (5039)
- September 2026 · No events
- October 2026 · No events
- November 2026 · No events
- December 2026 · No events