Risk events in Africa, February 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.
377 events were recorded: 375 conflict events and 2 unrest events.
377 eventsSources: ucdp
377 events· Africa
Conflict
- Nigeria: 111
- Ethiopia: 50
- Burkina Faso: 38
- Sudan: 37
- Somalia: 26
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 375
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
377 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
30 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Ouagadougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Central African Republic
1 fatality · Central African Republic · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Central African Republic
2 fatalities · Central African Republic · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
28 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
1 fatality · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
24 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Burkina Faso
34 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
74 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
52 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
13 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
9 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Ethiopia · Addis Ababa · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mozambique
1 fatality · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Birnin Kebbi, Niger
4 fatalities · Niger · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Chad
1 fatality · Chad · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: ucdp
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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.