2020 in Somalia
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Events in the year 2020 in Somalia.
Incumbents
- President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (since 16 February 2017)
- Prime Minister: Hassan Ali Khayre (since 1 March 2017)
Events
January
- 18 January – 2020 Afgooye bombing
February
May
- 4 May - Ethiopian National Defense Force soldiers at the Bardelle airstrip in Baidoa shot down an African Express Airways Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft carrying coronavirus aid, after mistaking it for a suicide attack.[1][2]
August
- August 8
- The Al-Shabaab militant group claims responsibility for a suicide bombing on a military base in Mogadishu that kills eight and injures fourteen.[3]
- The Law on Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes is introduced in the Federal Parliament of Somalia, which allows for forced marriage and for girls who reach puberty to be married.[4]
- August 16 - Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants attack the Elite Hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, killing eleven people.[5]
- August 18 – Two soliders are exectued after being convicted for raping a 10-year-od boy in July.[6]
Scheduled
- 2020 Somali parliamentary election, the first elections in Somalia under a one person, one vote system since the 1969 Somali parliamentary election[7]
Deaths
- 24 March – Mohamed Farah, 59, footballer (national team), COVID-19[8][lower-alpha 1]
- 1 April – Nur Hassan Hussein, 83, politician, Prime Minister (2007–2009), COVID-19[9][lower-alpha 1]
- 7 April – Hudeydi, 91, oud player, COVID-19[10][lower-alpha 1]
- 12 July – Hassan Abshir Farah, 75, politician, Prime Minister (2001–2003)
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Notes
- Died abroad
References
- "Ethiopian troops admit shooting down Kenyan plane". The EastAfrican. May 9, 2020.
- Dahir, Abdi Latif; Mohamed, Hussein; Marks, Simon (May 10, 2020). "Ethiopian Troops May Have Shot Down Aid Plane in Somalia, Report Says". The New York Times.
- "Mogadishu: Several killed in attack at Somali military base". news.yahoo.com. BBC. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Bhalla, Nita; Omer, Mohammed (August 11, 2020). Cozens, Claire (ed.). "Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages". Reuters.
- "Somalia: Over a dozen killed in hours-long Mogadishu hotel siege". Al Jazeera English. August 17, 2020.
- "Somalia executes soldiers convicted for boy's fatal rape". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- Hujale, Moulid (24 February 2020). "Somalia edges closer to first democratic election in half a century". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- Odusoga, Adesewa (27 March 2020). "African Football Legend Mohamed Farah Dies From COVID-19". TV 360 Nigeria. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Ex-Somali PM dies of Coronavirus in London". Garowe Online. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- Samanga, Rufaro (8 April 2020). "Veteran Somali Musician Ahmed Ismail Hussein Has Died". Okey Africa. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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