Risk events in Somalia, 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.
253 events were recorded: 227 conflict events and 26 unrest events.
253 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
253 events· Somalia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 227
- 42 in the list
- Unrest
- 26
- 8 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
253 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Las Anod, Somalia
Severity 3 · Las Anod · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 2 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bosaso, Somalia
4 fatalities · Bosaso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
5 fatalities · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bosaso, Somalia
7 fatalities · Bosaso · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afgooye, Somalia
Severity 3 · Afgooye · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Afgooye, Somalia
6 fatalities · Afgooye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
3 fatalities · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
9 fatalities · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
14 fatalities · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Baidoa, Somalia
3 fatalities · Baidoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kismayo, Somalia
7 fatalities · Kismayo · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Afgooye, Somalia
Severity 3 · Afgooye · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 2 · Bosaso · 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.