Risk events in Burkina Faso, 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.
62 events were recorded: 60 conflict events and 2 unrest events.
62 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
62 events· Burkina Faso
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 60
- 12 in the list
- Unrest
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
62 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tougan, Burkina Faso
33 fatalities · Tougan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 2 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gayéri, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Gayéri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Pissila, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Pissila · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Fada N'gourma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 4 · Koudougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 4 · Ouagadougou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Ouagadougou · 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.