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.
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.World of Information (Firm), Africa review, (World of Information: 1987), p.213. He was treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia for head injuries, broken ribs and shock over a period of a month.Arthur S. Banks, Thomas C. Muller, William Overstreet, Political Handbook of the World 2008, (CQ Press: 2008), p.1198.
December December 23 – The Somali Presidential Elections take place, reelecting Siad Barre for another term.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p813
See also
Somali Rebellion
References