Risk events in Africa, August 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.
5039 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 4166 conflict events, 870 unrest events, and 2 advisory changes.
5039 eventsSources: gdelt
5039 events· Africa
Conflict
- Nigeria: 1801
- South Africa: 617
- Morocco: 373
- Kenya: 307
- Sudan: 273
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 4,166
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 870
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 2
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
5039 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Manzini · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bangui, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bangui · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangui, Central African Republic
Severity 3 · Central African Republic · Bangui · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mali
Severity 3 · Mali · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chilanga Township, Zambia
Severity 3 · Zambia · Chilanga Township · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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- Conflict
Military force used in George, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · George · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Nigeria · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Nigeria · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- 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.