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 · ucdp
8239 events· Africa
ConflictUnrest
- 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
- 14 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,725
- 36 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
8239 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Hāgere Hiywet, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Hāgere Hiywet · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Nigeria · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Chad
2 fatalities · Chad · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Maputo, Mozambique
Severity 3 · Mozambique · Maputo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kimberley, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Kimberley · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matlapaneng, Lesotho
Severity 3 · Lesotho · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- 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.