Risk events in Kenya, 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.
601 events were recorded: 485 conflict events and 116 unrest events.
601 eventsSources: gdelt
601 events· Kenya
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 485
- 45 in the list
- Unrest
- 116
- 5 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 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Events
What is happening now
601 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Mombasa, Kenya
Severity 3 · Mombasa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Garissa, Kenya
Severity 2 · Garissa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Kenya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ruiru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ruiru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Migori, Kenya
Severity 3 · Migori · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ongata Rongai, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ongata Rongai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ruiru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ruiru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kisumu, Kenya
Severity 2 · Kisumu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiambu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kiambu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tororo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eldoret, Kenya
Severity 3 · Eldoret · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Embu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Embu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Machakos, Kenya
Severity 3 · Machakos · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Embu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Embu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · 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.