Middle East 601
540 ANGOLA/651 EGYPTMID#2150
Started in March 1977. See the narrative in the 490 Democratic Republic of the
Congo/540 Angola dyad dispute list.
600 MOROCCO/615 ALGERIA
MID#1083
Dispute Number: 1083
Date(s): July 2, 1962 to October 9, 1962
Participants: 600 Morocco/615 Algeria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: Morocco began insisting that the newly independent Algerian government
redefine the borders between the two countries, as they were only arbitrarily defined
while Algeria was under French control. Morocco was principally concerned with
uninhabitable Sahara Desert that contained military posts. On July 2, 1962, Moroccan
forces occupied a military post in the disputed area and then took control of another
post on July 5, only to be forced out by Algerian forces on July 12. Other clashes
were reported in and around the Colomb-Bechar area in the disputed region of the
Sahara on September 4 and October 9. The September clash involved Algerian forces
attempting to force the residents of a town in the area to remove Moroccan flags while
the October clash involved an attack of a fortress by Algerian forces in which 130
were supposedly killed.
Coding changes: End Date changed from October 19, 1962.
MID#1084
Dispute Number: 1084
Date(s): September 1963 to February 20, 1964
Participants: 600 Morocco/615 Algeria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: This dispute began in late September/early October 1963 when the presi-
dent of Algeria accused Morocco of massing troops along their shared border in an
effort to provide support for Berber rebels within Algeria.
Morocco’s president denied that his country was providing support for Algeria’s
internal opposition, but Morocco had begun moving troops near the disputed area
(uninhabitable land in the Sahara desert that was strategically important because