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
- 47 in the list
- Unrest
- 26
- 3 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
253 events · newest first
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · 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
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 Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · 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
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 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 Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · 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 Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 2 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 4 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 2 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 2 · Bosaso · 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
Military force used in Baidoa, Somalia
Severity 3 · Baidoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Baidoa, Somalia
50 fatalities · Baidoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bosaso, Somalia
6 fatalities · Bosaso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Baidoa, Somalia
2 fatalities · Baidoa · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Strike in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 4 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mogadishu, Somalia
Severity 3 · Mogadishu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Somalia
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beledweyne, Somalia
Severity 3 · Beledweyne · 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 Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 3 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mogadishu, Somalia
5 fatalities · Mogadishu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 3 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gaalkacyo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Gaalkacyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bosaso, Somalia
Severity 2 · Bosaso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kismayo, Somalia
Severity 2 · Kismayo · 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.