Risk events in Africa, June 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.
8239 events were recorded: 6514 conflict events and 1725 unrest events.
8239 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
8239 events· Africa
Conflict
- Nigeria: 2820
- South Africa: 1482
- Kenya: 542
- Sudan: 509
- Ghana: 239
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 6,514
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,725
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-02 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-03 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 80 | 0 | 18317 |
| 2026-06-04 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 61 | 0 | 16480 |
| 2026-06-05 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 60 | 0 | 16684 |
| 2026-06-06 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 27 | 0 | 16282 |
| 2026-06-07 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 29 | 0 | 11569 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 71 | 0 | 685 |
| 2026-06-09 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 68 | 0 | 23542 |
| 2026-06-10 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 59 | 0 | 20633 |
| 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 55 | 0 | 21975 |
| 2026-06-12 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 78 | 0 | 23860 |
| 2026-06-13 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 27 | 0 | 27399 |
| 2026-06-14 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 31 | 0 | 23216 |
| 2026-06-15 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 59 | 0 | 26003 |
| 2026-06-16 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 68 | 0 | 493 |
| 2026-06-17 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 57 | 0 | 26204 |
| 2026-06-18 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 40 | 0 | 20501 |
| 2026-06-19 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 22 | 0 | 16161 |
| 2026-06-20 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 24 | 0 | 25261 |
| 2026-06-21 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 41 | 0 | 22131 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 52 | 0 | 27413 |
| 2026-06-23 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 56 | 0 | 27148 |
| 2026-06-24 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 61 | 0 | 31436 |
| 2026-06-25 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 83 | 0 | 32803 |
| 2026-06-26 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 59 | 0 | 31759 |
| 2026-06-27 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 24 | 0 | 32760 |
| 2026-06-28 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 25 | 0 | 21170 |
| 2026-06-29 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 78 | 0 | 27781 |
| 2026-06-30 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 144 | 0 | 29623 |
Events
What is happening now
8239 events · newest first
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One-sided violence in Benoni, South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Benoni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ermelo, South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Ermelo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Pietermaritzburg · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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Military force used in Windhoek West, Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Windhoek West · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bumba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 4 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Evaton, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Evaton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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.