Risk events in Africa, July 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.
8884 events were recorded: 6736 conflict events, 1494 unrest events, and 3 advisory changes.
8884 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
8884 events· Africa
ConflictUnrest
- Nigeria: 2735
- South Africa: 1412
- Kenya: 477
- Sudan: 470
- Egypt: 261
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 6,736
- 28 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,494
- 22 in the list
- Advisory
- 3
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
8884 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Kimberley, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Kimberley · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Potchefstroom, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Potchefstroom · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Alberton, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Alberton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Algeria
Severity 3 · Algeria · 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
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Baoro, Central African Republic
3 fatalities · Central African Republic · Baoro · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kempton Park, South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Kempton Park · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in جبرة الشيخ, Sudan
9 fatalities · Sudan · جبرة الشيخ · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sudan
3 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dondo, Mozambique
Severity 3 · Mozambique · Dondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nigeria · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.