# 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

| Date | Conflict | Location | Casualties |
| 1919 | Egyptian Revolution of 1919 | Egypt | 800–3,000 |
| 1920–1926 | Rif War | Republic of the Rif | 40,000–46,400 |
| 1939–1945 | Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II | Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia | 1,000,000 |
| 1945 | 1945 Tripoli pogrom | British Tripolitania | 140 |
| 1946 | Egyptian Student Riots | Egypt | 100–300 |
| 1952 | Egyptian Revolution of 1952 | Egypt | 1,000 |
| 1952–1954 | Tunisian War of Independence | Tunisia | 2,500 |
| 1955–1972 | First Sudanese Civil War | Sudan | 500,000 |
| 1954–1962 | Algerian War of Independence | Algeria | 1,000,000–1,500,000 |
| 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 |
| 1965–1979 | Civil war in Chad | Chad | 500+ |
| 1970–present | Western Sahara conflict | Mauritania, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 14,000–21,000 |
| 1977 | Libyan–Egyptian War | Egypt, Libya | 500 |
| 1978–1987 | Chadian–Libyan conflict | Libya, Chad | 8,500 |
| 1979–1982 | Civil conflict in Chad | Chad | |
| 1982–2002 | Chadian Civil War | Chad | 37,500 |
| 1983–2005 | Second Sudanese Civil War | Sudan | 600,000–2,500,000 |
| 1983–1984 | Tunisian bread riots | Tunisia | 150 |
| 1986 | Bombing of Libya (1986) | Libya | 100 |
| 1986 | 1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot | Egypt | 107 |
| 1987 | Executions by Abu Nidal's organization | Libya | 150–160 |
| 1990–1995 | Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995) | Mali, Niger | 650-1,500 |
| 1992–2000 | Terrorism in Egypt | Egypt | 1,300–2,000 |
| 1992–2002 | Algerian Civil War | Algeria | 100,000–200,000 |
| 2001–2002 | Black Spring (Kabylie) | 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 |
| 2011–present | Libyan Crisis (2011–present) | Libya | 40,000+ |
| 2011–2013 | 2011–2013 Sudanese protests | Sudan | 200+ |
| 2012–present | Northern Mali conflict | Mali | 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