Risk events in Uganda, August 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.
191 events were recorded: 172 conflict events and 19 unrest events.
191 eventsSources: gdelt
191 events· Uganda
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 172
- 48 in the list
- Unrest
- 19
- 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Events
What is happening now
191 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
- Conflict
Assault in Entebbe, Uganda
Severity 2 · Entebbe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gulu, Uganda
Severity 3 · Gulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Masaka, Uganda
Severity 2 · Masaka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Masaka, Uganda
Severity 2 · Masaka · 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 Lira, Uganda
Severity 3 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 2 · 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
Nuclear alert in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masaka, Uganda
Severity 3 · Masaka · 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
Assault in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 2 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jinja, Uganda
Severity 3 · Jinja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbale, Uganda
Severity 3 · Mbale · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 3 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Lira, Uganda
Severity 2 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lira, Uganda
Severity 2 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Entebbe, Uganda
Severity 3 · Entebbe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Entebbe, Uganda
Severity 4 · Entebbe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 2 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 4 · Kampala · 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 Arua, Uganda
Severity 3 · Arua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masaka, Uganda
Severity 3 · Masaka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lira, Uganda
Severity 2 · Lira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Entebbe, Uganda
Severity 3 · Entebbe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hoima, Uganda
Severity 3 · Hoima · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration 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 Beni, Uganda
Severity 3 · Beni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kampala, Uganda
Severity 2 · 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.