Large-Scale Civil Wars in Africa
Typically political/ethnic, often reinforced by external support


Years Country est. casulties
1968-9 Nigeria-Biafra 2 million
1955-2004 Sudan: south 1 | 2 | 2 million
2003- Sudan:west Darfur 200,000
1974-2003 Angola 500,000
1975-94 Mozambique 1 400,000
1975-91  Western Sahara, Pollisario 1
1990s-2000s Somalia
1994 Rwanda 800,000
1990s-2000s Congo 1 4 million
1970's Uganda (Idi Amin) 1 80-500,000
1987-2000s Uganda (LRA) 12,000
1963-1994 Ethiopia/Eritrea/Tigre etc "hundreds of thousands"
1990s Liberia/Sierra Leonne 300,000
1991-2002 Algeria 1 | 2 150-200,000
 Note: The number of casualties is very difficult to gauge.  Deaths are not reported to any centralized source for tallying.  Moreover, the definition of casualties is vague.  Is it narrowly defined to include those injured during battles?  Does it include deaths to famine and disease caused by the disruption of war?  Does it include deaths to contageous diseases in refugee camps?
 

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