moderate severitybriefingUnconfirmed · 31

Intelligence assessmentSouthern AfricaSouth Africa · South AfricaRelevance: CountryAutomated ingestion — not analyst reviewed

Dataset update: South Africa - Internal Displacements Updates (IDU)

South Africa · South AfricaEvent: 20 Aug 2026, 11:24 UTCLast updated: 20 Aug 2026, 15:36 UTC

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Reported detail

Conflict and disaster population movement (flows) data for South Africa. The **IDU (Internal Displacement Updates) dataset**, provided by the [Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)]( offers timely event data and provisional information on new internal displacements caused by conflicts and disasters. Representing the most recent available information, the IDU is updated daily and focuses on "flows" (new displacements). Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are defined according to the [1998 Guiding Principles]( as people or groups of people wh

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Verification confidence

Unconfirmed

31/100

Multi-source verification score

2 sources · 2 layers

Single-thread or unattributed reporting. Treat as an early warning only, pending corroboration.

Six-layer coverage

L1 Conflict & armed groups
No matched signal (ACLED, UCDP, GDELT)
L2 Early warning & emergencies
HDX
L3 GEOINT & situational awareness
No matched signal (Copernicus, NASA FIRMS, USGS)
L4 Cybersecurity
No matched signal (AlienVault OTX, AbuseIPDB, URLhaus)
L5 Strategic & political risk
GDELT
L6 Verification
No matched signal (Analyst desk checks, OSINT verification)

How this score was reached

Independent reporting sources+17 / 30
2 independent publishers report this event: HDX, GDELT.
Cross-layer corroboration+14 / 25
Corroborated across 2 layers: L2 Early warning & emergencies; L5 Strategic & political risk.
Structured / instrument evidence0 / 15
No conflict-event dataset (L1) or geospatial/GEOINT record (L3) has been matched — reporting is narrative only.
Traceable citation+10 / 10
A direct link to the primary reporting is published with the record.
Location resolved0 / 8
The event is not resolved to coordinates; only a place name is held.
Analyst verification (L6)0 / 12
Awaiting analyst desk verification; the record stands as collected.
Integrity deductions-10
Confidence reduced because the originating feed declares the report unconfirmed.

Score is computed from collection metadata (independent publishers, collection layers, citation, geolocation, analyst review). It measures how well the event is corroborated, not how severe it is.

Credibility

Confidence: Unconfirmed
Source reliability: Not graded

Inclusion in this library is not an endorsement of a source. Ungraded items have not yet been assessed by an analyst.

Source provenance

Source: HDX
Source type: Open source
Published: Not provided by source
Event date: 20 Aug 2026 11:24 UTC
Data as of: 20 Aug 2026 11:24 UTC
Last verified: 20 Aug 2026 15:36 UTC
Drafting: Analyst desk

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Primary reporting

CitationHDX· Published Aug 20, 2026, 11:24 AM· Fetched Aug 20, 2026, 03:36 PM

data.humdata.org/dataset/zaf-idmc-idu-events

Conflict and disaster population movement (flows) data for South Africa. The **IDU (Internal Displacement Updates) dataset**, provided by the [Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)]( offers timely event data and provisional information on new internal…
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