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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.

7730 events were recorded: 6418 conflict events and 989 unrest events.

7730 eventsSources: gdelt

7730 events· Africa

Conflict

World map of risk events48 countries with events, 50 events plottedTanzania · 40 · Events per country this monthDem. Rep. Congo · 68 · Events per country this monthSomalia · 228 · Events per country this monthKenya · 375 · Events per country this monthSudan · 345 · Events per country this monthChad · 90 · Events per country this monthSouth Africa · 798 · Events per country this monthLesotho · 23 · Events per country this monthZimbabwe · 174 · Events per country this monthBotswana · 18 · Events per country this monthNamibia · 52 · Events per country this monthSenegal · 24 · Events per country this monthMali · 404 · Events per country this monthMauritania · 1 · Events per country this monthBenin · 38 · Events per country this monthNiger · 104 · Events per country this monthNigeria · 2942 · Events per country this monthCameroon · 120 · Events per country this monthTogo · 5 · Events per country this monthGhana · 236 · Events per country this monthCôte d'Ivoire · 11 · Events per country this monthGuinea · 13 · Events per country this monthLiberia · 59 · Events per country this monthSierra Leone · 13 · Events per country this monthBurkina Faso · 67 · Events per country this monthCentral African Rep. · 11 · Events per country this monthCongo · 31 · Events per country this monthGabon · 15 · Events per country this monthEq. Guinea · 28 · Events per country this monthZambia · 23 · Events per country this monthMalawi · 40 · Events per country this monthMozambique · 23 · Events per country this montheSwatini · 2 · Events per country this monthAngola · 28 · Events per country this monthBurundi · 21 · Events per country this monthMadagascar · 11 · Events per country this monthGambia · 2 · Events per country this monthTunisia · 13 · Events per country this monthAlgeria · 121 · Events per country this monthEritrea · 9 · Events per country this monthMorocco · 71 · Events per country this monthEgypt · 190 · Events per country this monthLibya · 75 · Events per country this monthEthiopia · 113 · Events per country this monthDjibouti · 2 · Events per country this monthUganda · 156 · Events per country this monthRwanda · 93 · Events per country this monthS. Sudan · 79 · Events per country this monthMilitary force used in Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Kaolack, Senegal · Senegal · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Cabudwaaq, Somalia · Somalia · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia · Somalia · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Algiers, Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Algiers, Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco · Morocco · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Rouiba, Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia · Ethiopia · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Libya · Libya · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Bida, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Kano, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Annaba, Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Maradi, Niger · Niger · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Nyala, Sudan · Sudan · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Alberton, South Africa · South Africa · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in South Africa · South Africa · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Tokār, Sudan · Sudan · 14 Apr 2026Nuclear alert in Tripoli, Libya · Libya · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Tripoli, Libya · Libya · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in South Sudan · South Sudan · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Manzini, South Africa · South Africa · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Ongata Rongai, Kenya · Kenya · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Machakos, Kenya · Kenya · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Algiers, Algeria · Algeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Kano, Nigeria · Nigeria · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Nyala, Sudan · Sudan · 14 Apr 2026Military force used in Darnah, Libya · Libya · 14 Apr 2026
Events per country this monthfewermore
  • 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
50 in the list
Unrest
989
0 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

7730 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Kaolack, Senegal

    Severity 3 · Senegal · Kaolack · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Lafia · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Iwo · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Potiskum · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Cabudwaaq, Somalia

    Severity 3 · Somalia · Cabudwaaq · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia

    Severity 3 · Somalia · Bosaso · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Algiers, Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Algiers · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Military force used in Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt

  11. Conflict

    Military force used in Algiers, Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Algiers · Source: gdelt

  12. Conflict

    Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco

    Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt

  13. Conflict

    Military force used in Rouiba, Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Rouiba · Source: gdelt

  14. Conflict

    Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia

    Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Military force used in Libya

    Severity 3 · Libya · Source: gdelt

  16. Conflict

    Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Gusau · Source: gdelt

  17. Conflict

    Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Bida, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Bida · Source: gdelt

  19. Conflict

    Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Iwo · Source: gdelt

  20. Conflict

    Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Ikeja · Source: gdelt

  22. Conflict

    Military force used in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt

  23. Conflict

    Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt

  24. Conflict

    Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Sokoto · Source: gdelt

  25. Conflict

    Military force used in Kano, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Kano · Source: gdelt

  26. Conflict

    Military force used in Annaba, Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Annaba · Source: gdelt

  27. Conflict

    Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Lafia · Source: gdelt

  28. Conflict

    Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Potiskum · Source: gdelt

  29. Conflict

    Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt

  30. Conflict

    Military force used in Maradi, Niger

    Severity 3 · Niger · Maradi · Source: gdelt

  31. Conflict

    Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Lafia · Source: gdelt

  32. Conflict

    Military force used in Nyala, Sudan

    Severity 3 · Sudan · Nyala · Source: gdelt

  33. Conflict

    Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt

  34. Conflict

    Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Potiskum · Source: gdelt

  35. Conflict

    Military force used in Alberton, South Africa

    Severity 3 · South Africa · Alberton · Source: gdelt

  36. Conflict

    Military force used in South Africa

    Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt

  37. Conflict

    Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt

  38. Conflict

    Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Lafia · Source: gdelt

  39. Conflict

    Military force used in Tokār, Sudan

    Severity 3 · Sudan · Tokār · Source: gdelt

  40. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Tripoli, Libya

    Severity 4 · Libya · Tripoli · Source: gdelt

  41. Conflict

    Military force used in Tripoli, Libya

    Severity 3 · Libya · Tripoli · Source: gdelt

  42. Conflict

    Military force used in South Sudan

    Severity 3 · South Sudan · Source: gdelt

  43. Conflict

    Military force used in Manzini, South Africa

    Severity 3 · South Africa · Manzini · Source: gdelt

  44. Conflict

    Military force used in Ongata Rongai, Kenya

    Severity 3 · Kenya · Ongata Rongai · Source: gdelt

  45. Conflict

    Military force used in Machakos, Kenya

    Severity 3 · Kenya · Machakos · Source: gdelt

  46. Conflict

    Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Gusau · Source: gdelt

  47. Conflict

    Military force used in Algiers, Algeria

    Severity 3 · Algeria · Algiers · Source: gdelt

  48. Conflict

    Military force used in Kano, Nigeria

    Severity 3 · Nigeria · Kano · Source: gdelt

  49. Conflict

    Military force used in Nyala, Sudan

    Severity 3 · Sudan · Nyala · Source: gdelt

  50. Conflict

    Military force used in Darnah, Libya

    Severity 3 · Libya · Darnah · Source: gdelt

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.