Risk events in South Sudan, May 2026
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92 events were recorded: 83 conflict events and 9 unrest events.
92 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
92 events· South Sudan
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 83
- 47 in the list
- Unrest
- 9
- 3 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 845 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 683 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 440 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 755 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 193 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 117 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 401 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 180 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 597 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 257 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 226 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 185 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
92 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in South Sudan
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in South Sudan
17 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Assault in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wau, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Wau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wau, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Wau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Wau, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Wau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malakal, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Malakal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malakal, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Malakal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in South Sudan
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Sudan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malakal, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Malakal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Malakal, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Malakal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gambēla, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Gambēla · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wau, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Wau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gambēla, South Sudan
Severity 2 · Gambēla · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 3 · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in South Sudan
Severity 4 · 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.