Current risks in Uganda
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.
14 conflict events, 18 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 4× the 30-day mean.
32 eventsSources: gdelt
32 events· UgandaElevated fire activity · 998 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 228.04
ConflictUnrest
Totals for Uganda, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 141
- 14 in the list
- Unrest
- 18
- 18 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Uganda
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Uganda
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Uganda
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 112 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 443 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 594 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 556 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 645 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 848 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 998 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Uganda
32 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Lira, Uganda
Severity 2 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ibanda, Uganda
Severity 3 · Ibanda · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hoima, Uganda
Severity 3 · Hoima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tororo, Uganda
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kapchorwa, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kapchorwa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kapchorwa, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kapchorwa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Mbarara, Uganda
Severity 3 · Mbarara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tororo, Uganda
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hoima, Uganda
Severity 3 · Hoima · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · 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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