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1986 in Somalia

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1986
in
Somalia

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

Incumbents

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Events

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Ongoing – Somali Rebellion

January

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May

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  • 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress. Federal Research Division (1993). "Siad Barre and Scientific Socialism". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Somalia: A Country Study. U.S. Government Publishing Office. ISBN 9780844407753.
  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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p813 ISBN 0-19-829645-2