Current risks in Benin

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.

3 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

3 eventsSources: gdelt

3 events· BeninFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 3 events plottedDemonstration in Parakou, Benin · Benin · 18 Aug 2026Riot in Parakou, Benin · Benin · 10 Aug 2026Riot in Parakou, Benin · Benin · 8 Aug 2026

Totals for Benin, last 30 days

Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
24
0 in the list
Unrest
3
3 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Benin

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Benin

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
0
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 34.7
24
Unrest
90-day baseline: 9.3
3
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Benin

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-05003000
2026-08-06002001
2026-08-07001002
2026-08-08003101
2026-08-09004000
2026-08-10002100
2026-08-11002003
2026-08-12002000
2026-08-13000002
2026-08-14000001
2026-08-15000000
2026-08-16000000
2026-08-17001000
2026-08-18001102
2026-08-19001000
2026-08-20002000
2026-08-21000000
2026-08-22000000
2026-08-23000000
2026-08-24000001
2026-08-25000001
2026-08-26000002
2026-08-27000000
2026-08-28000002
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-30000005
2026-08-31000000
2026-09-01000000
2026-09-02000000
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Benin

3 events · newest first

  1. Unrest

    Demonstration in Parakou, Benin

    Severity 3 · Parakou · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Riot in Parakou, Benin

    Severity 4 · Parakou · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Riot in Parakou, Benin

    Severity 4 · Parakou · 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.

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