List of modern conflicts in North Africa

Note:

"Modern" is defined as post-WWI period, from 1918 until today. "North Africa" has a definition approximately that of the Arab term Maghreb, in addition to Egypt "Conflict" is defined as a separate 100+ casualty incident. In all cases conflicts are listed by total deaths, including subconflicts (specified below).

List of conflicts Indicates conflict is ongoing Date Conflict Location Casualties 1919 Egyptian Revolution of 1919 Egypt 800–3,000 1920–1926 Rif WarTimeline for the Third Rif War (1920–25) Steven Thomas 40,000–46,400 1940–1943 Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II Algeria, , Libya, Morocco, Tunisia 900,000 1945 1945 Tripoli pogrom British Tripolitania 140 1946 Egyptian Student Riots 48 1952 Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egypt 1,000 1952–1954 Tunisian War of Independence 2,500 1955–1972 First Sudanese Civil War 500,000 1954–1962 Algerian War of Independence 400,000–1,500,000 1957–1958 Ifni War , Spanish West Africa 8,400 1958–1959 1958 Rif riots ~4000 1961 Bizerte crisis 654 1961–1964 First Tuareg rebellion , 1963–1964 Sand War , 339 1963–1965 Socialist Forces Front Kabyle rebellion 400 1965–1979 Civil war in Chad 500+ 1970–present Western Sahara conflict , , 14,000–21,000 1977 Libyan–Egyptian War , 500 1978–1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict , 8,500 1979–1982 Civil conflict in Chad 1982–2002 Chadian Civil War 37,500 1983–2005 Second Sudanese Civil War 600,000–2,500,000 1983–1984 Tunisian bread riots 150 1986 Bombing of Libya (1986) 100 1986 1986 Egyptian Conscription RiotEuropa Publications Limited, The Middle East & North Africa, Volume 50: p.303 107 1987 Executions by Abu Nidal's organizationThe New York Times. 1990. "Last October, the Fatah Revolutionary Council split after Abu Nidal's top aide, Atef Abu Baker, defected to P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis and set up his own faction, which he called the Fatah Revolutionary Council Emergency Leadership. Abu Baker said he had acted after Abu Nidal killed 150 of his men at his head office in the Libyan capital, Tripoli." 150–160 1990–1995 Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995) , 650-1,500 1992–2000 Terrorism in Egypt 1,300–2,000 1992–2002 Algerian Civil War 100,000–200,000 2001–2002 Black Spring (Kabylie) 123 2002–present Insurgency in the Maghreb , , , , 6,000 2003–2020 War in Darfur 100,000–330,000 2005–2010 Civil war in Chad (2005–2010) , 1,140 2007–2009 Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009) , 350–1,330 2009–present Sudanese nomadic conflicts , 3,000–3,500 2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution 338 2011–2020 Sudan–SPLM-N conflict 1,500 2011–2014 Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) 4,686–4,687 2011–present Libyan Crisis (2011–present) 40,000+ 2011–2013 2011–2013 Sudanese protests 200+ 2012–present Northern Mali conflict 2,000+

Casualties breakdown North African Campaign (WWII) – combined figure ~430,000 killed: Western Desert Campaign – 50,000 casualties Battle of Cape Bon – 900+ casualties Raid on Alexandria (1941) – 8 casualties Action off Cape Bougaroun – 27 killed Mers al-Kbir – 1,299 killed Operation Torch – 1,825 killed Tunisia campaign – ~376,000 killed

Western Sahara conflict (1970–present) combined casualty figure 14,000–21,000+: Western Sahara War – 7,000 Moroccan, Mauritianian and French soldiers killed; 4,000 Sahrawi People's Liberation Army soldiers killed; 3,000 civilians killed Second Sahrawi Intifada – 1 killed Gdeim Izik protest camp – 18–36 killed 2011 Sahrawi protests – 1 killed Western Saharan clashes (2020–present) - 66 killed

Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) combined casualties at least 650–1,500: Tchin-Tabaradene massacre – 650–1,500 civilians killed

Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) combined casualty figure 4,686–4,687: 2011 Egyptian Revolution – 846 killed Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution – 300 killed Timeline of the Egyptian Crisis under Mohamed Morsi – 127–128 killed Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) – 3,143 killed Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) – 570 killed

Libyan Crisis (2011–present) combined casualty figure 40,000+: First Libyan Civil War – 25,000–30,000 killed Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014) – over 1,000 killed Second Libyan Civil War – thousands killed

See also List of conflicts in Africa List of modern conflicts in the Middle East

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