Current risks in Somalia
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.
7 conflict events, 11 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
18 eventsSources: gdelt
18 events· SomaliaFire activity within the 30-day mean
ConflictUnrest
Totals for Somalia, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 147
- 7 in the list
- Unrest
- 10
- 11 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Somalia
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Somalia
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Somalia
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Somalia
18 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Las Anod, Somalia
Severity 4 · Las Anod · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 4 · Gaalkacyo · 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.
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