Editing 1980s (section)

====Civil wars and guerrilla wars====
The most notable internal conflicts of the decade include:
* The [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] occurred in the People's Republic of China in 1989, in which pro-democracy protesters demanded political reform. The protests were crushed by the People's Liberation Army.
* The [[First Intifada]] (First Uprising) in the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[West Bank]] began in 1987 when Palestinian Arabs mounted large-scale protests against the Israeli military presence in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, largely inhabited by Palestinians. The First Intifada would continue until peace negotiations began between the [[Palestinian Liberation Organization]] (PLO) and the Israeli government in 1993.
* [[Lebanese Civil War]] (1975–1990) – Throughout the decade, Lebanon was engulfed in civil war between Islamic and Christian factions.
* The [[Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front]] began a violent campaign for independence in [[New Caledonia]].
* [[Greenpeace]]'s attempts to monitor [[French nuclear testing]] on [[Mururoa]] were halted by the [[Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior|sinking]] of the ''[[Rainbow Warrior (1978)|Rainbow Warrior]]''.
* The [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] erupts in 1983 between the [[Muslim]] government of [[Sudan]] in the north and non-Muslim rebel secessionists in [[South Sudan|Southern Sudan]]. The conflict continues through the present day [[Darfur genocide]].
* [[1986 Egyptian conscripts riot]]: On 25 February 1986 around 25,000 conscripts of the [[Central Security Forces|Central Security Forces (CSF)]], an Egyptian paramilitary force, staged violent protests in and around Cairo, due to the rumour that their three-year mandatory service would be prolonged by one additional year without any additional benefits or rank promotion. It was suppressed by the [[Egyptian Army|army]].
* [[Internal conflict in Peru]]: The communist [[Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]] starts its fight against the Peruvian state in 1980, that would continue until the end of the 1990s.
* [[Haiti]]an [[dictator]] [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] was overthrown by a popular [[Anti-Duvalier protest movement|uprising]] on 6 February 1986.
* [[The Troubles]] in [[Northern Ireland]] continued.
* [[Ethiopian Civil War]] (1974–1991)
* [[Angolan Civil War]] (1975–2002)
* [[Ugandan Bush War]] (1980–1986)
* [[Sri Lankan Civil War]] (1983–2009)