Risk events in Africa, March 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.
447 events were recorded: 447 conflict events.
447 eventsSources: ucdp
447 events· Africa
Conflict
- Nigeria: 141
- Sudan: 67
- Ethiopia: 63
- Burkina Faso: 30
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 21
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 447
- 47 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
447 events · newest first
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- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
24 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
50 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
4 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Chad
5 fatalities · Chad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uvira · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
6 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
10 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Birni N Konni, Niger
4 fatalities · Niger · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Khemis Miliana, Algeria
2 fatalities · Algeria · Khemis Miliana · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
4 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uvira · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Birni N Konni, Nigeria
1 fatality · Nigeria · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nigeria
3 fatalities · Nigeria · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Somalia
4 fatalities · Somalia · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in South Africa
2 fatalities · South Africa · 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.