1986 in Somalia explained

The following lists events that happened during 1986 in the Somali Democratic Republic.

Incumbents

• President: Siad Barre

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

• December 23  - The Somali Presidential Elections take place, reelecting Siad Barre for another term.^[4]

See also

• Somali Rebellion

Notes and References

1. Book: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. Somalia: A Country Study. 1993. U.S. Government Publishing Office. 9780844407753. Metz. Helen Chapin. Helen Chapin Metz . en. Siad Barre and Scientific Socialism. http://countrystudies.us/somalia/24.htm.
2. World of Information (Firm), Africa review, (World of Information: 1987), p.213.
3. Arthur S. Banks, Thomas C. Muller, William Overstreet, Political Handbook of the World 2008, (CQ Press: 2008), p.1198.
4. [Dieter Nohlen]