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 · ucdp
601 events· Kenya
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 485
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 116
- 12 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
601 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Ruiru, Kenya
Severity 4 · Ruiru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eldoret, Kenya
Severity 3 · Eldoret · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 4 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 4 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 4 · Isiolo · 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
Military force used in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 3 · Bungoma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 3 · Bungoma · 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 Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Narok, Kenya
Severity 3 · Narok · 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 Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ruiru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ruiru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ongata Rongai, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ongata Rongai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 3 · Bungoma · 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 Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ongata Rongai, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ongata Rongai · 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 Malindi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Malindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · 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
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 Narok, Kenya
Severity 2 · Narok · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nakuru, Kenya
1 fatality · Nakuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kiambu, Kenya
1 fatality · Kiambu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Isiolo, Kenya
2 fatalities · Isiolo · Source: ucdp
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.