List of modern conflicts in North Africa
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geographic, including above
Note:
- "Modern" is defined as post-WWI period, from 1918 until today.
- "North Africa" has a definition approximately that of 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
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].^ Egyptian Crisis 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) 3143 killed
- Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) 570 killed
[e].^ Libyan Crisis combined casualty figure 40,000+:
- 2011 Libyan civil war – 25,000–30,000 killed
- Post-civil war violence in Libya – Over 1000 killed
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present) - thousands killed
See also
References
- ↑ "800 NATIVES DEAD IN EGYPT'S RISING - 1,600 WOUNDED - Harmsworth Tells the Commons of Casualties in the Recent Outbreak. DEATH SENTENCES FOR 39 More Than 2,000 Imprisoned- British, Army Sustained Loss of 143. ALLENBY'S CONTROL FIRM Disorders Ended in April-Mahomed Said Pasha Co-operating as Premier. - Front Page - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ "A Modern History of the Islamic World – Reinhard Schulze – Google Books". Google.com. 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ Timeline for the Third Rif War (1920–25) Steven Thomas
- ↑ "Egypt: Police Crack Down on Student Demonstration". Ikhwanweb. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ Ahmed Abdalla, The Student Movement and National Politics in Egypt 1923–1973. 2008: pp. 64–77 (1946: The Climax)
- ↑ Pollack, Kenneth M. (2016-01-21). Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991. Bison Books. p. 365. ISBN 0-8032-8783-6.
- ↑ Entelis 1997, p. 98.
- ↑ Europa Publications Limited, The Middle East & North Africa, Volume 50: p.303
- ↑ The New York Times. 1990. "Last October, the Fatah Revolutionary Council split after Abu Nidal's top aide, Atef Abu Baker, defected to P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis and set up his own faction, which he called the Fatah Revolutionary Council Emergency Leadership. Abu Baker said he had acted after Abu Nidal killed 150 of his men at his head office in the Libyan capital, Tripoli."
- ↑ "Armed Conflicts Report – Egypt". Ploughshares.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ↑ "Algeria : Unrest and Impasse in Kabylia : 10 June 2013" (PDF). Crisisgroup.org. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
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