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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Casualties breakdown
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ 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
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ 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
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) combined casualties at least 650–1,500:
- Tchin-Tabaradene massacre – 650–1,500 civilians killed
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ 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
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ 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
References
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