Risk events in Niger, 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.

108 events were recorded: 107 conflict events and 1 unrest event.

108 eventsSources: gdelt

108 events· Niger

Conflict

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Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
107
8 in the list
Unrest
1
0 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

108 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Zinder, Niger

    Severity 3 · Zinder · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Niger

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Zinder, Niger

    Severity 3 · Zinder · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Niger

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Niamey, Niger

    Severity 3 · Niamey · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Niger

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Tahoua, Niger

    Severity 3 · Tahoua · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Niamey, Niger

    Severity 3 · Niamey · 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.