Risk events in Burundi, May 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.
14 events were recorded: 13 conflict events and 1 unrest event.
14 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
14 events· Burundi
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 13
- 13 in the list
- Unrest
- 1
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Events
What is happening now
14 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 4 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Muyinga, Burundi
1 fatality · Muyinga · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 3 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 3 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 3 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Muyinga, Burundi
1 fatality · Muyinga · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Uvira, Burundi
Severity 3 · Uvira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 4 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bukavu, Burundi
1 fatality · Bukavu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bukavu, Burundi
1 fatality · Bukavu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 4 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Uvira, Burundi
Severity 3 · Uvira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rumonge, Burundi
Severity 3 · Rumonge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Muyinga, Burundi
Severity 3 · Muyinga · 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.