List of modern conflicts in North Africa



Note:


 * "Modern" is defined as post-WWI period, from 1918 until today.
 * "North Africa" definition is approximately overlapping the Arab term `Maghreb`.
 * "Conflict" is defined as a separate 100+ casualty incident.
 * In all cases conflicts are listed by total deaths, including subconflicts (specified below).

Casualties breakdown
[a].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.

[b].Polisario Front dispute for independence (combined casualty figure 14,020-14,038):
 * Western Sahara War - 7,000 Moroccan, Mauritianian and French soldiers killed; 4,000 Polisario killed; 3,000 civilians killed.
 * Independence Intifada (Western Sahara) - 1 killed.
 * Gdeim Izik protest camp - 18-36 killed.
 * 2011 Sahrawi protests - 1 killed.

[c].Tuareg rebellion (1990-1995) combined casualties at least 650-1,500:
 * Tchin-Tabaradene massacre - 650-1,500 civilians killed.

[d].Arab Spring combined casualty figure 26,363-31,370:
 * Crisis in Egypt
 * 2011 Egyptian Revolution - 846 killed
 * Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution - 179 killed.
 * Tunisian Revolution - 224 killed.
 * Libyan crisis
 * 2011 Libyan civil war - 25,000-30,000 killed.
 * Post-civil war violence in Libya - Over 1000 killed.
 * 2011 Western Saharan protests - 1 killed.
 * 2010–2011 Algerian protests - 8 killed.
 * 2011 Moroccan protests - 1 killed.
 * 2011 Sudanese protests - 1 killed.