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: 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
Events
What is happening now
8239 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Manzini · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Midrand · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Sudan
Severity 4 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 4 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Birni N Konni, Niger
Severity 3 · Niger · Birni N Konni · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 4 · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · South Sudan · Juba · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kitgum, South Sudan
Severity 3 · South Sudan · Kitgum · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Windhoek West, Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Windhoek West · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Matlapaneng, Lesotho
Severity 3 · Lesotho · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · 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.