1986 in Somalia
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The following lists events that happened during 1986 in the Somali Democratic Republic.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – Somali Rebellion
January
- January – President Barre and the Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam meet in Djibouti to normalise relations between the two countries.[1]
May
- May 23 – President Barre suffers life-threatening injuries in an automobile collision near Mogadishu, when the car that was transporting him smashed into the back of a bus during a heavy rainstorm.[2] He was treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia for head injuries, broken ribs and shock over a period of a month.[3]
December
- Somali Presidential Elections take place, reelecting Siad Barre for another term.[4]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780844407753.
- ^ World of Information (Firm), Africa review, (World of Information: 1987), p.213.
- ^ Arthur S. Banks, Thomas C. Muller, William Overstreet, Political Handbook of the World 2008, (CQ Press: 2008), p.1198.
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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