List of modern conflicts in North Africa explained

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

Date	Conflict	Location	Casualties
align=center	1919		Egypt	align=right	800^[1] –3,000^[2]
align=center	1920–1926	Rif War^[3]		align=right	40,000–46,400
align=center	1939–1945		Algeria,, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia	align=right	1,000,000
align=center	1945	1945 Tripoli pogrom	British Tripolitania	align=right	140
align=center	1946	Egyptian Student Riots ^[4] ^[5]		align=right	100–300
align=center	1952	Egyptian Revolution of 1952	Egypt	align=right	1,000
align=center	1952–1954	Tunisian War of Independence^[6]	Tunisia	align=right	2,500
align=center	1955–1972	First Sudanese Civil War	Sudan	align=right	500,000
align=center	1954–1962	Algerian War of Independence ^[7]	Algeria	align=right	1,000,000–1,500,000
align=center	1957–1958	Ifni War	Morocco, Spanish West Africa	align=right	8,400
align=center	1958–1959	1958 Rif riots	Morocco	align=right	~4000
align=center	1961	Bizerte crisis	Tunisia	align=right	654
align=center	1961–1964	First Tuareg rebellion	Mali, Niger	align=right
align=center	1963–1964	Sand War	Morocco, Algeria	align=right	339
align=center	1963–1965	Socialist Forces Front Kabyle rebellion	Algeria	align=right	400^[8]
align=center	1965–1979	Civil war in Chad	Chad	align=right	500+
align=center	1970–present	Western Sahara conflict	Mauritania, Morocco,	align=right	14,000–21,000
align=center	1977	Libyan–Egyptian War^[9]	Egypt, Libya	align=right	500
align=center	1978–1987	Chadian–Libyan conflict	Libya, Chad	align=right	8,500
align=center	1979–1982	Civil conflict in Chad^[10] ^[11]	Chad	align=right
align=center	1982–2002		Chad	align=right	37,500
align=center	1983–2005	Second Sudanese Civil War^[12] ^[13]	Sudan	align=right	600,000–2,500,000
align=center	1983–1984	Tunisian bread riots^[14]	Tunisia	align=right	150^[15]
align=center	1986	Bombing of Libya (1986)	Libya	align=right	100
align=center	1986	1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot^[16]	Egypt	align=right	107
align=center	1987	Executions by Abu Nidal's organization^[17]	Libya	align=right	150–160
align=center	1990–1995	Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995)	Mali, Niger	align=right	650-1,500
align=center	1992–2000	Terrorism in Egypt^[18]	Egypt	align=right	1,300–2,000
align=center	1992–2002		Algeria	align=right	100,000–200,000
align=center	2001–2002	Black Spring (Kabylie)^[19]	Algeria	align=right	123
align=center	2002–present	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, Mali	align=right	6,000
align=center	2003–2020		Sudan	align=right	100,000–330,000
align=center	2005–2010	Civil war in Chad (2005–2010)	Chad, Sudan	align=right	1,140
align=center	2007–2009	Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009)	Mali, Niger	align=right	350–1,330
align=center	2009–present	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Sudan,	align=right	3,000–3,500
align=center	2010–2011	Tunisian Revolution	Tunisia	align=right	338
align=center	2011–2020	Sudan–SPLM-N conflict	Sudan	align=right	1,500
align=center	2011–2014	Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)	Egypt	align=right	4,686–4,687
align=center	2011–present	Libyan Crisis (2011–present)	Libya	align=right	40,000+
align=center	2011–2013	2011–2013 Sudanese protests	Sudan	align=right	200+
align=center	2012–present	Northern Mali conflict	Mali	align=right	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 800 NATIVES DEAD IN EGYPT'S RISING - 1,600 WOUNDED - Harmsworth Tells the Commons of Casualties in the Recent Outbreak. DEATH SENTENCES FOR 39 More Than 2,000 Imprisoned- British, Army Sustained Loss of 143. ALLENBY'S CONTROL FIRM Disorders Ended in April-Mahomed Said Pasha Co-operating as Premier. - Front Page - NYTimes.com . Select.nytimes.com . 2012-06-10 . 2013-10-14.
2. Book: Schulze, Reinhard. A Modern History of the Islamic World. March 2002. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-9819-5.
3. http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/rif-wars/timeline_third.htm Timeline for the Third Rif War (1920–25)
4. Web site: Egypt: Police Crack Down on Student Demonstration . Ikhwanweb . 2013-10-14.
5. Ahmed Abdalla, The Student Movement and National Politics in Egypt 1923–1973. 2008: pp. 64–77 (1946: The Climax)
6. Web site: French Tunisia (1881–1956). University of Central Arkansas.
7. Web site: Algeria: War of independence. World Peace Foundation. August 2015. Tufts University.
8. Book: Le Saout, Didier. Émeutes et Mouvements sociaux au Maghreb. Rollinde. Marguerite. Karthala. 1999. 978-2-865-37998-9. 46.
9. Book: Pollack, Kenneth M.. Bison Books. 978-0-8032-8783-9. 365. Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991. 2016-01-21.
10. Conflict and the women of Chad.. Focus on Gender. 1. 2. 10–2. June 1993. 12345211. Sy. A. D.. 10.1080/09682869308519962.
11. Web site: The Limits of Peace-Keeping by a Regional Organization: The OAU Peace-Keeping Force in Chad. Sesay. Amadu. Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals.
12. Web site: South Sudan profile – Timeline. August 2018. BBC.
13. Web site: Sudan: 1985 – 2005. World Peace Foundation. August 2015. Tufts University.
14. Web site: Tunisian (In)dependence and (Re)volution. WOODSON. WYATT. March 2018. anth461spring2018.web.unc.edu/.
15. Book: Entelis, John Pierre. Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa . registration . 98 . 2015-05-13 . 1997 . Indiana University Press . 0-253-21131-X .
16. Europa Publications Limited, The Middle East & North Africa, Volume 50: p.303
17. 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."https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/18/world/arafat-s-allies-rout-abu-nidal-group-in-lebanon.html
18. Web site: Armed Conflicts Report – Egypt . Ploughshares.ca . 2011-02-01.
19. Web site: Algeria : Unrest and Impasse in Kabylia : 10 June 2013 . Crisisgroup.org . 2013-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130730164632/http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/North%20Africa/Algeria/Algeria%20Unrest%20and%20Impasse%20in%20Kabylia.pdf . 30 July 2013.