Risk events in Ethiopia, August 2026
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118 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 109 conflict events, and 8 unrest events.
118 eventsSources: gdelt
118 events· Ethiopia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 109
- 48 in the list
- Unrest
- 8
- 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 2026-08-09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 351 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 88 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 549 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 801 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 728 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
Events
What is happening now
118 events · newest first
- 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 Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration 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 Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Dire Dawa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hāgere Hiywet, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hāgere Hiywet · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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
Military force used in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Addis Ababa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Asmara, Ethiopia
Severity 2 · Asmara · Source: gdelt
- 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 Hosa’ina, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hosa’ina · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hāgere Hiywet, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Hāgere Hiywet · Source: gdelt
- 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 Ad-Damazin, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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.