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

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Date Conflict Location Casualties
1919 Egyptian Revolution of 1919 Egypt 800[1]–3,000[2]
1920–1926 Rif War[3] Republic of the Rif 40,000–46,400
1940–1943 Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II Algeria,  Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia 900,000[4]
1945 1945 Tripoli pogrom British Tripolitania 140
1946 Egyptian Student Riots [5][6]  Egypt 48[7]
1952 Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egypt 1,000
1952–1954 Tunisian War of Independence[8] Tunisia 2,500
1955–1972 First Sudanese Civil War Sudan 500,000
1954–1962 Algerian War of Independence [9] Algeria

400,000–1,500,000

1957–1958 Ifni War Morocco, Spanish West Africa 8,400
1958–1959 1958 Rif riots Morocco ~4000
1961 Bizerte crisis Tunisia 654
1961–1964 First Tuareg rebellion Mali, Niger
1963–1964 Sand War Morocco, Algeria 339
1963–1965 Socialist Forces Front Kabyle rebellion Algeria 400[10]
1965–1979 Civil war in Chad Chad 500+
1970–present Western Sahara conflict[b] Mauritania, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 14,000–21,000
1977 Libyan–Egyptian War[11] Egypt, Libya 500
1978–1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict Libya, Chad 8,500
1979–1982 Civil conflict in Chad[12][13] Chad
1982–2002 Chadian Civil War [citation needed] Chad 37,500
1983–2005 Second Sudanese Civil War[14][15] Sudan 600,000–2,500,000
1983–1984 Tunisian bread riots[16] Tunisia 150[17]
1986 Bombing of Libya (1986) Libya 100
1986 1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot[18] Egypt 107
1987 Executions by Abu Nidal's organization[19] Libya 150–160
1990–1995 Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995)[c] Mali, Niger 650-1,500
1992–2000 Terrorism in Egypt[20][unreliable source?] Egypt 1,300–2,000
1992–2002 Algerian Civil War [citation needed] Algeria 100,000–200,000
2001–2002 Black Spring (Kabylie)[21] Algeria 123
2002–present Insurgency in the Maghreb Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, Mali 6,000
2003–2020 War in Darfur Sudan 100,000–330,000
2005–2010 Civil war in Chad (2005–2010) Chad, Sudan 1,140
2007–2009 Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009) Mali, Niger 350–1,330
2009–present Sudanese nomadic conflicts Sudan, South Sudan 3,000–3,500
2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution Tunisia 338
2011–2020 Sudan–SPLM-N conflict Sudan 1,500
2011–2014 Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) Egypt 4,686–4,687[d]
2011–present Libyan Crisis (2011–present) Libya 40,000+[e]
2011–2013 2011–2013 Sudanese protests Sudan 200+
2012–present Northern Mali conflict Mali 2,000+
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Casualties breakdown

^North African Campaign (WWII) – combined figure ~430,000 killed:

^Western Sahara conflict (1970–present) combined casualty figure 14,000–21,000+:

^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:

^Libyan Crisis (2011–present) combined casualty figure 40,000+:

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