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.
8233 events were recorded: 6736 conflict events, 1494 unrest events, and 3 advisory changes.
8233 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
8233 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
- 42 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,494
- 8 in the list
- Advisory
- 3
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
8233 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nigeria · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nouna, Burkina Faso
15 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Nouna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kibuye, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kibuye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Goma · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kempton Park, South Africa
4 fatalities · South Africa · Kempton Park · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in جبرة الشيخ, Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · جبرة الشيخ · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in جبرة الشيخ, Sudan
4 fatalities · Sudan · جبرة الشيخ · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Al-Ubayyid · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nigeria · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Al-Ubayyid · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Libya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Francistown, Botswana
Severity 3 · Botswana · Francistown · 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.