Risk events in Uganda, 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.
319 events were recorded: 289 conflict events and 30 unrest events.
319 eventsSources: gdelt
319 events· Uganda
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 289
- 47 in the list
- Unrest
- 30
- 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 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
Events
What is happening now
319 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wakiso, Uganda
Severity 3 · Wakiso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tororo, Uganda
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Masaka, Uganda
Severity 2 · Masaka · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tororo, Uganda
Severity 3 · Tororo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ibanda, Uganda
Severity 2 · Ibanda · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Weapons-of-mass-destruction threat in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Entebbe, Uganda
Severity 3 · Entebbe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbale, Uganda
Severity 3 · Mbale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbale, Uganda
Severity 3 · Mbale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Weapons-of-mass-destruction threat in Lira, Uganda
Severity 4 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Byumba, Uganda
Severity 3 · Byumba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ibanda, Uganda
Severity 3 · Ibanda · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Koboko, Uganda
Severity 3 · Koboko · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Beni, Uganda
Severity 2 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Apac, Uganda
Severity 2 · Apac · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Arua, Uganda
Severity 3 · Arua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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.