List of modern conflicts in North Africa

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  Northern 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 Template:Flagdeco Egypt Template:Ntsh 800[1]–3,000[2]
1920–1926 Rif War[3] File:Flag of the Republic of the Rif.svg Republic of the Rif 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[4]
1945 1945 Tripoli pogrom British Tripolitania Template:Ntsh 140
1946 Egyptian Student Riots [5][6] Template:Flagcountry Template:Ntsh 48[7]
1952 Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Template:Flagdeco Template:Flagdeco Egypt Template:Ntsh 1,000
1952–1954 Tunisian War of Independence[8] File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Template:Ntsh 2,500
1955–1972 First Sudanese Civil War File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 500,000
1954–1962 Algerian War of Independence [9] File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Ntsh

400,000–1,500,000

1957–1958 Ifni War File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, Template:Flagdeco Spanish West Africa Template:Ntsh 8,400
1958–1959 1958 Rif riots File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Template:Ntsh ~4000
1961 Bizerte crisis File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Template:Ntsh 654
1961–1964 First Tuareg rebellion File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali, File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
1963–1964 Sand War File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Ntsh 339
1963–1965 Socialist Forces Front Kabyle rebellion File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Ntsh 400[10]
1965–1979 Civil war in Chad File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad Template:Ntsh 500+
1970–present Western Sahara conflict[b] File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania, File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Template:Ntsh 14,000–21,000
1977 Libyan–Egyptian War[11] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt, File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Template:Ntsh 500
1978–1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya, File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad Template:Ntsh 8,500
1979–1982 Civil conflict in Chad[12][13] File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
1982–2002 Chadian Civil War Script error: No such module "Unsubst". File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad Template:Ntsh 37,500
1983–2005 Second Sudanese Civil War[14][15] File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 600,000–2,500,000
1983–1984 Tunisian bread riots[16] File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Template:Ntsh 150[17]
1986 Bombing of Libya (1986) File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Template:Ntsh 100
1986 1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot[18] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Template:Ntsh 107
1987 Executions by Abu Nidal's organization[19] File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya Template:Ntsh 150–160
1990–1995 Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995)[c] File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali, File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger Template:Ntsh 650-1,500
1992–2000 Terrorism in Egypt[20]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Template:Ntsh 1,300–2,000
1992–2002 Algerian Civil War Script error: No such module "Unsubst". File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Ntsh 100,000–200,000
2001–2002 Black Spring (Kabylie)[21] File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Ntsh 123
2002–present Insurgency in the Maghreb File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria, File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania, File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger, File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Template:Ntsh 6,000
2003–2020 War in Darfur File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 100,000–330,000
2005–2010 Civil war in Chad (2005–2010) File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad, File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 1,140
2007–2009 Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009) File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali, File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger Template:Ntsh 350–1,330
2009–present Sudanese nomadic conflicts File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan, File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Template:Ntsh 3,000–3,500
2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Template:Ntsh 338
2011–2020 Sudan–SPLM-N conflict File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 1,500
2011–2014 Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Template:Ntsh 4,686–4,687[d]
2011–present Libyan Crisis (2011–present) File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya Template:Ntsh 40,000+[e]
2011–2013 2011–2013 Sudanese protests File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Ntsh 200+
2012–present Northern Mali conflict File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Template:Ntsh 2,000+

Casualties breakdown

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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Western Sahara conflict (1970–present) combined casualty figure 14,000–21,000+:

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) combined casualties at least 650–1,500:

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) combined casualty figure 4,686–4,687:

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Libyan Crisis (2011–present) combined casualty figure 40,000+:

See also

References

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  3. Timeline for the Third Rif War (1920–25) Template:Webarchive Steven Thomas
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