• "Modern" is defined as post-WWI period ((post-colonial
  Colonialism
  Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
  
  )), 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).

List of conflicts

Date	Conflict	Location	Casualties
1919	Egyptian Revolution of 1919 Egyptian Revolution of 1919 The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was carried out by Egyptians and Sudanese from different walks of life in the wake of the British-ordered exile of revolutionary leader Saad Zaghlul, and other members of the Wafd...	Sultanate of Egypt Sultanate of Egypt The Sultanate of Egypt is the name of the short-lived protectorate that the United Kingdom imposed over Egypt between 1914 and 1922.-History:...	800-3,000
1920-1926	Rif War Rif War The Rif War, also called the Second Moroccan War, was fought between Spain and the Moroccan Rif Berbers.-Rifian forces:...	Republic of the Rif Republic of the Rif The Republic of the Rif , was created in September 1921, when the people of the Rif revolted and declared their independence from Spanish occupation as well as from the Moroccan sultan.Its capital city was Ajdir, its currency the Rif Republic Riffan, its national...	46,400
1939–1945	Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II	Kingdom of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt The Kingdom of Egypt was the first modern Egyptian state, lasting from 1922 to 1953. The Kingdom was created in 1922 when the British government unilaterally ended its protectorate over Egypt, in place since 1914. Sultan Fuad I became the first king of the new state...	1,000,000
1946	Egyptian Student Riots	Kingdom of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt The Kingdom of Egypt was the first modern Egyptian state, lasting from 1922 to 1953. The Kingdom was created in 1922 when the British government unilaterally ended its protectorate over Egypt, in place since 1914. Sultan Fuad I became the first king of the new state...	100–300
1952	Egyptian Revolution of 1952	Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...	1,000
1955-1972	First Sudanese Civil War First Sudanese Civil War The First Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region that demanded representation and more regional autonomy...	Sudan	500,000
1954-1962	Algerian War of Independence	Algeria	179,000-1,500,000
1957-1958	Ifni War Ifni War The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain , was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents and Sahrawi rebels that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni.The war, which may be seen as part of the general movement...	Morocco	8,400
1961	Bizerte crisis Bizerte crisis The Bizerte Crisis occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation...	Tunisia	654
1963-1964	Sand War Sand War The Sand War or Sands War occurred along the Algerian-Moroccan border in October 1963, and was a Moroccan attempt to claim the Tindouf and the Béchar areas that France had annexed to French Algeria a few decades earlier.- Background :...	Morocco,  Algeria	339
1965-1979	Civil war in Chad Civil war in Chad (1965–1979) The First Chadian Civil War started in 1965/66, with riots and insurgency against Chadian president François Tombalbaye's rule, known for its authoritarianism and distrust of democracy.-Precedents:...	Chad	500+
1975	Polisario Front Polisario Front The POLISARIO, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco...  dispute for independence	Morocco, SADR Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about... ,  Algeria	14,000-21,000
1977	Libyan–Egyptian War	,  Libya	500
1977	1977 Egyptian Bread Riots 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots The Egyptian 'Bread Riots' of 1977 affected most major cities in Egypt from January 18-19, 1977. The riots were a spontaneous uprising by hundreds of thousands of lower class people protesting World Bank and International Monetary Fund-mandated termination of state subsidies on basic foodstuffs...	Egypt	70–800
1978-1987	Chadian–Libyan conflict	Egypt,  Chad	8,500
1979-1982	Civil conflict in Chad	Chad
1983-2005	Second Sudanese Civil War Second Sudanese Civil War The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile by the end of the 1980s....	Sudan	1,000,000-2,500,000
1986	1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot	Egypt	107
1992–2000	Terrorism in Egypt Terrorism in Egypt Terrorism in Egypt refers to terrorist attacks in Egypt, many of them linked to Islamic extremism. Targets have included government officials, police, tourists and the Christian minority...	Egypt	1,300–2,000
1992-2002	Algerian Civil War Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...	Algeria	150,000-200,000
1990-1995	Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995)	Mali  Niger	650-1,500
2002-	Insurgency in the Maghreb Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) The Maghreb has been the subject of an insurgency since 2002 waged by the neo-Khawarij Islamist militia, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, or, GSPC...	Morocco,  Algeria,  Mauritania,  Niger,  Mali	6,000
2005-2010	Civil war in Chad (2005–2010)	Chad  Sudan	1,140
2007-2009	Second Tuareg Rebellion	Mali  Niger	350-1,330
2010–	Arab Spring Arab Spring The Arab Spring , otherwise known as the Arab Awakening, is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010...	Tunisia,  Egypt,  Libya,  Sudan,  Morocco,  Algeria, SADR Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about...	26,000-31,000
2011	Sudan–SPLM-N conflict Sudan–SPLM-N conflict (2011) The Sudan–SPLM-N conflict is an ongoing conflict in 2011 between the Army of Sudan and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, particularly the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North , a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement in South Sudan...	Sudan	1,500

Casualties breakdown

Western Desert Campaign

Western Desert Campaign

The Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War, was the initial stage of the North African Campaign during the Second World War. The campaign was heavily influenced by the availability of supplies and transport. The ability of the Allied forces, operating from besieged Malta, to...

 - 50,000 casualties

Battle of Cape Bon - 900+ casualties

Raid on Alexandria (1941)

Raid on Alexandria (1941)

The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy forces attacking Royal Navy forces in the harbour of Alexandria.-Background:...

 - 8 casualties

Action off Cape Bougaroun

Action off Cape Bougaroun

The Action off Cape Bougaroun, or the Attack on Convoy KMF-25A was a Luftwaffe action against an Allied naval convoy off the coast of Algeria during World War II. The convoy of American, British, Greek and Dutch ships was attacked on November 6, 1943 by twenty-five German land based aircraft. Six...

 - 27 killed

Mers al-Kbir - 1,299 killed

Operation Torch

Operation Torch

Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, started on 8 November 1942....

 - 1,825 killed

Tunisia campaign

Tunisia Campaign

The Tunisia Campaign 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. The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces, including Polish and Greek contingents, with American and French corps...

 - ~376,000 killed

Western Sahara War

Western Sahara War

The Western Sahara War was an armed conflict primarily between the Polisario Front and Morocco, the conflict erupted after the withdrawal of Spain from the Spanish Sahara in accordance with the Madrid Accords by which it gave administrative control of the territory to Morocco and Mauritania...

 - 7,000 Moroccan, Mauritianian and French soldiers killed; 4,000 Polisario killed; 3,000 civilians killed.

Independence Intifada (Western Sahara)

Gdeim Izik protest camp - 18-36 killed.

Tchin-Tabaradene massacre - 650-1,500 civilians killed.

2011 Egyptian Revolution

2011 Egyptian revolution

The 2011 Egyptian revolution took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of November 2011. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil...

 - 846 killed

Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution under Supreme Council of the Armed Forces - 72 killed.

Tunisian Revolution

Tunisian revolution

The Tunisian Revolution is an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia. The events began in December 2010 and led to the ousting of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011...

 - 224 killed

2011 Libyan civil war

2011 Libyan civil war

The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...

 - 25,000-30,000 killed

2011 Western Saharan protests

2011 Western Saharan protests

The 2011 Western Saharan protests began on 26 February 2011 as a reaction to the failure of police to prevent anti-Sahrawi looting in the city of Dakhla, Western Sahara, and blossomed into protests across the territory...

 - 1 killed

2010–2011 Algerian protests

2010–2011 Algerian protests

The 2010–2011 Algerian protests are a continuing series of protests taking place throughout Algeria from 28 December 2010 onwards, part of similar protests across the Middle East and North Africa. Causes cited by the protestors include unemployment, the lack of housing, food-price inflation,...

 - 8 killed

2011 Moroccan protests

2011 Moroccan protests

The 2011 Moroccan protests are a series of demonstrations across Morocco and the Moroccan-controlled Western Saharan territory which began on 20 February 2011 and are influenced by other protests in the region.-Origin:...

 - 1 killed

2011 Sudanese protests

2011 Sudanese protests

The 2011 Sudanese protests came in the wake of the 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests. Unlike other Arab countries, popular uprisings in Sudan have managed to topple the government, twice, in 1964 and 1985.-Background:...

 - 1 killed

See also

• List of conflicts in Africa
• List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
• List of conflicts in the Arab League