''Note:'' *''"Modern" is defined as post- WWI period, from 1918 until today.'' *''"North Africa" has a definition approximately that of the Arab term

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

, 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).''

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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) The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy divers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, who attacked and disabled two Royal Navy battleships in the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt, using manned torpedoes. Background On 3 D ...

– 8 casualties * Action off Cape Bougaroun – 27 killed * Mers al-Kbir – 1,299 killed *

Operation Torch Operation Torch (8 November 1942 – 16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while al ...

– 1,825 killed *

Tunisia campaign The Tunisian campaign (also known as the Battle of Tunisia) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces from 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943. Th ...

– ~376,000 killed Polisario Front dispute for independence (combined casualty figure 14,020–14,038): *

Western Sahara War The Western Sahara War ( ar, حرب الصحراء الغربية, french: Guerre du Sahara occidental, es, Guerra del Sahara Occidental) was an armed struggle between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco from 1975 to 1991 (an ...

– 7,000 Moroccan, Mauritianian and French soldiers killed; 4,000 Polisario killed; 3,000 civilians killed *

Independence Intifada (Western Sahara) The Independence Intifada or the Second Sahrawi Intifada (''intifada'' is Arabic for "uprising") and also May Intifada is a Sahrawi activist term for a series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots that broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan ...

– 1 killed *

Gdeim Izik protest camp The Gdeim Izik protest camp (also spelled Gdayam Izik) was a protest camp in Western Sahara, established on 9 October 2010 and lasting into November that year, with related incidents occurring in the aftermath of its dismantlement on 8 Novembe ...

– 18–36 killed * 2011 Sahrawi protests – 1 killed Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) combined casualties at least 650–1,500: * Tchin-Tabaradene massacre – 650–1,500 civilians killed

Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) The Egyptian Crisis is a period that started with the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and ended with the installation of a counterrevolutionary regime under the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2014. It was a tumultuous three years of politic ...

combined casualty figure 4,686–4,687: *

2011 Egyptian Revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

– 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 The First Libyan Civil War was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government. It erupted with the Libya ...

– 25,000–30,000 killed *

Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014) Following the end of the First Libyan Civil War, which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, there was violence involving various militias and the new state security forces. This violence has escalated into the Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020). T ...

– over 1,000 killed *

Second Libyan Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Second Libyan Civil War , partof = the Arab Winter, Libyan Crisis, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, War on terror, and Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict , image ...

– thousands killed

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{{DEFAULTSORT:List of modern conflicts in North Africa

Conflicts Conflicts Military history of Africa Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa

List of conflicts

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