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
164 events· Ethiopia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 141
- 10 in the list
- Unrest
- 21
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
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 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Bahir Dar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
15 fatalities · Bahir Dar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Addis Ababa · 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
Nuclear alert in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · 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.