Risk events in Africa, April 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.
7407 events were recorded: 6418 conflict events and 989 unrest events.
7407 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
7407 events· Africa
ConflictUnrest
- Nigeria: 2942
- South Africa: 798
- Mali: 404
- Kenya: 375
- Sudan: 345
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 6,418
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 989
- 11 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
7407 events · newest first
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Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Libya · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
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One-sided violence in Mozambique, Mozambique
1 fatality · Mozambique · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
6 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
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Riot in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
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- Unrest
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.