1970 in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Somalia.

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Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:Other events of 1970
List of years in Somalia

Incumbents

Events
  • In April, Barre created the National Security Courts, judicial bodies which tried his political opponents and public critics[1]
  • On 10 September, the government enacted National Security Law No. 54, allowing the NSS to punish critics of the regime with indefinite detention without trial[2]
  • On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money[3]
  • Nuruddin Farah published From a Crooked Rib

Public holidays
Main article: Public holidays in Somalia

See also
  • Timeline of Somali history

References
  1. Helen Chapin Metz (1993). Somalia: A Country Study. The Division. p. 187.
  2. Liberty: Magazine of the Somali National Movement, Issues 2-4. The Movement. 1986. p. 15.
  3. Judith Gardner and Judy El Bushra (2004). Somalia - The Untold Story: The War Through the Eyes of Somali Women. CIIR. p. 228.
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