List of modern conflicts in North Africa

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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	Template:Flagdeco Egypt	Template:Ntsh 800<ref name=nytimes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–3,000<ref name=schulze54>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920–1926	Rif War<ref name="steven">Timeline for the Third Rif War (1920–25) Template:Webarchive Steven Thomas</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 40,000–46,400
1940–1943	Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II	Template:Flagdeco Algeria, Template:Flagcountry, Template:Flagdeco Libya, Template:Flagdeco Morocco, Template:Flagdeco Tunisia	Template:Ntsh 900,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1945	1945 Tripoli pogrom	British Tripolitania	Template:Ntsh 140
1946	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Ntsh 48<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1952	Egyptian Revolution of 1952	Template:Flagdeco Template:Flagdeco Egypt	Template:Ntsh 1,000
1952–1954	Tunisian War of Independence<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 2,500
1955–1972	First Sudanese Civil War	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 500,000
1954–1962	Algerian War of Independence <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 400,000–1,500,000
1957–1958	Ifni War	Template:Flag, Template:Flagdeco Spanish West Africa	Template:Ntsh 8,400
1958–1959	1958 Rif riots	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh ~4000
1961	Bizerte crisis	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 654
1961–1964	First Tuareg rebellion	Template:Flag, Template:Flag
1963–1964	Sand War	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 339
1963–1965	Socialist Forces Front Kabyle rebellion	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 400<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965–1979	Civil war in Chad	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 500+
1970–present	Western Sahara conflict{{#if:[b]|[b]|[1]}}	Template:Flag, Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 14,000–21,000
1977	Libyan–Egyptian War<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 500
1978–1987	Chadian–Libyan conflict	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 8,500
1979–1982	Civil conflict in Chad<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag
1982–2002	Chadian Civil War Template:Citation needed	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 37,500
1983–2005	Second Sudanese Civil War<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 600,000–2,500,000
1983–1984	Tunisian bread riots<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 150<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1986	Bombing of Libya (1986)	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 100
1986	1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot<ref name="The Middle East & North Africa">Europa Publications Limited, The Middle East & North Africa, Volume 50: p.303</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 107
1987	Executions by Abu Nidal's organization<ref name="nyt1990">The 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."[2]</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 150–160
1990–1995	Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995){{#if:[c]|[c]|[3]}}	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 650-1,500
1992–2000	Terrorism in Egypt<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Unreliable source?	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 1,300–2,000
1992–2002	Algerian Civil War Template:Citation needed	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 100,000–200,000
2001–2002	Black Spring (Kabylie)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 123
2002–present	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Template:Flag, Template:Flag, Template:Flag, Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 6,000
2003–2020	War in Darfur	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 100,000–330,000
2005–2010	Civil war in Chad (2005–2010)	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 1,140
2007–2009	Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009)	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 350–1,330
2009–present	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Template:Flag, Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 3,000–3,500
2010–2011	Tunisian Revolution	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 338
2011–2020	Sudan–SPLM-N conflict	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 1,500
2011–2014	Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 4,686–4,687{{#if:[d]|[d]|[4]}}
2011–present	Libyan Crisis (2011–present)	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 40,000+{{#if:[e]|[e]|[5]}}
2011–2013	2011–2013 Sudanese protests	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 200+
2012–present	Northern Mali conflict	Template:Flag	Template:Ntsh 2,000+

Casualties breakdown

^{{#if:| }} 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

^{{#if:| }} 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

^{{#if:| }} Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) combined casualties at least 650–1,500:

• Tchin-Tabaradene massacre – 650–1,500 civilians killed

^{{#if:| }} 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

^{{#if:| }} 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