Risk events in Zimbabwe, 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.
123 events were recorded: 104 conflict events and 19 unrest events.
123 eventsSources: gdelt
123 events· Zimbabwe
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 104
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 19
- 6 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 361 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 620 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 952 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 753 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 651 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 394 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 215 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 208 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 429 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 626 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 784 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 546 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 977 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1336 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1300 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1035 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 753 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 931 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 955 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 695 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 586 |
Events
What is happening now
123 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tete, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Tete · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Masvingo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Bulawayo City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Marondera, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Marondera · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Masvingo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chimoio, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Chimoio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bindura, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Bindura · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mutare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mutare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Marondera, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Marondera · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kadoma, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Kadoma · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Bulawayo City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bindura, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Bindura · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Livingstone, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Livingstone · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Masvingo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chimoio, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Chimoio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 2 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harare, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Harare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gweru, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Gweru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mazabuka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mazabuka, Zimbabwe
Severity 3 · Mazabuka · 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.