Editing 1988 (section)

===May===
* [[May 8]] – [[François Mitterrand]] is [[1988 French presidential election|re-elected]] as [[President of France]] for 7 years.
* [[May 15]] – [[Soviet–Afghan War]]: After more than 8 years of fighting, the [[Soviet Army]] begins [[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan|its withdrawal from Afghanistan]].
* [[May 16]]–[[May 18|18]] – [[1988 Gilgit massacre]]: A revolt by the Shias of Gilgit (in northern Pakistan) is ruthlessly suppressed by the Zia-ul Haq regime.
* [[May 27]]–[[May 29|29]] – [[Somaliland War of Independence]]: [[Somali National Movement]] launches a [[1988 Hargeisa-Burao offensive|major offensive]] against Somali government forces in [[Hargeisa]] and [[Burao]], then second and third largest cities of [[Somalia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Binet|first=Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LboiAQAAQBAJ|title=Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention|date=2013-10-03|publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières|page=214|language=en|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207091216/https://books.google.com/books?id=LboiAQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite book|last=Tekle|first=Amare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQTEF0rd7wC&pg=PA152|title=Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation|date=1 January 1994|publisher=The Red Sea Press|isbn=978-0-932415-97-4|page=152|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207091141/https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQTEF0rd7wC&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* May 29–June 3 – The [[Moscow Summit (1988)|Moscow Summit]] meeting between [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[General Secretary of the Communist Party]] of the [[Soviet Union]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] takes place, where the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] (INF) was finalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 1988 |title=Joint Document: 'Realistic Approach' to Reducing Nuclear Risk |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/02/world/moscow-summit-joint-document-realistic-approach-to-reducing-nuclear-risk.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240812165557/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/02/world/moscow-summit-joint-document-realistic-approach-to-reducing-nuclear-risk.html |archive-date=12 August 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=137 |issue=47524}}</ref>