Risk events in Ethiopia, 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.
164 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 141 conflict events, and 21 unrest events.
164 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs
164 events· Ethiopia
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 2
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 141
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 21
- 11 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 | 1 | 0 | 406 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 365 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 601 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 167 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 84 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| 2026-05-14 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| 2026-05-22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
Events
What is happening now
164 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Adama, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Adama · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Adama, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Adama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
12 fatalities · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Bahir Dar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
10 fatalities · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Āsela, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Āsela · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
4 fatalities · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Āsela, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Āsela · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dīla, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Dīla · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 9 km NE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
M4.5 · Adama · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gedaref, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Gedaref · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Addis Ababa · 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.