List of modern conflicts in North 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

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

References