Risk events in Kenya, August 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.
384 events were recorded: 298 conflict events and 86 unrest events.
384 eventsSources: gdelt
384 events· Kenya
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 298
- 41 in the list
- Unrest
- 86
- 9 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
384 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military mobilization 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 Kiambu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kiambu · 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
Assault in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ukunda, Kenya
Severity 3 · Ukunda · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Migori, Kenya
Severity 3 · Migori · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kisumu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kisumu · 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 Migori, Kenya
Severity 3 · Migori · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiambu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kiambu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Machakos, Kenya
Severity 3 · Machakos · 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 Nakuru, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nakuru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · 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
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 3 · Bungoma · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tororo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 3 · Bungoma · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kilifi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kilifi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kilifi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kilifi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kisumu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kisumu · 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
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 Isiolo, Kenya
Severity 3 · Isiolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nyeri, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nyeri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Malindi, Kenya
Severity 2 · Malindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 2 · Bungoma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bungoma, Kenya
Severity 2 · Bungoma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiambu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kiambu · 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
Military force used in Kisumu, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kisumu · 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
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kilifi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kilifi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya
Severity 3 · Nairobi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Eldoret, Kenya
Severity 3 · Eldoret · 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.