2020 in Somalia

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Events in the year 2020 in Somalia.

Incumbents

• President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
• Prime Minister: Hassan Ali Khaire

Events

Ongoing – Somali Civil War (2009–present); COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia

January

• 18 January – 2020 Afgooye bombing.

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

• 8 August
  • 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]
• 16 August – Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants attack the Elite Hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, killing eleven people.[5]
• 18 August – Two soldiers are executed after being convicted for raping a 10-year-old boy in July.[6]

September

• 7 September – Three Somali special forces soldiers are killed and a U.S. soldier and a Somali soldier are injured by a car bomb in Jana Cabdalle, Jubbaland.[7]
• 17 September: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed appoints Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister, replacing Hassan Ali Khaire who was voted out in July. He further announces that the parliamentary elections later in the year would not be held under a one person, one vote system.[8]

December

• 1–27 December: Scheduled dates for the 2020 Somali parliamentary election.[9]
• 10 December – U.S. warplanes bomb a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab rebels.[10]
• 15 December – Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya after Muse Bihi Abdi, president of Somaliland visits Kenya.[11]
• 21 December – The United States sends the USS Makin Island and other warships with 2,500 marines to cover the withdrawal of its 800 troops, leaving only a small contingent to guard the emmbassy.[12]

Deaths

• 24 March – Mohamed Farah, footballer (b. 1961).[13]
• 1 April – Nur Hassan Hussein, politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1938).[14]
• 7 April – Hudeydi, oud player (b. 1928).[15]
• 12 July – Hassan Abshir Farah, politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1945).
• 8 October – Ali Khalif Galaydh, 78, politician, Prime Minister (2000–2001), MP (since 2012) and President of Khatumo State (since 2014).[16]
• 18 November – Umar Ghalib, 90, politician, Prime Minister (1991–1993) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969–1976).[17]

See also

• 2020 in Somaliland
• 2020 in East Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Al-Shabaab (militant group)

References

1. "Ethiopian troops admit shooting down Kenyan plane". The EastAfrican. May 9, 2020.
2. 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.
3. "Mogadishu: Several killed in attack at Somali military base". news.yahoo.com. BBC. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. Bhalla, Nita; Omer, Mohammed (August 11, 2020). Cozens, Claire (ed.). "Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages". Reuters.
5. "Somalia: Over a dozen killed in hours-long Mogadishu hotel siege". Al Jazeera English. August 17, 2020.
6. "Somalia executes soldiers convicted for boy's fatal rape". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
7. Hassan, Abdiqani. "Three Somali special forces killed, U.S. officer wounded in car bomb, Somali official says". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
8. "Somalia names new prime minister, unveils plan for elections". Al Jazeera. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
9. Abdulkadir Khalif (2 October 2020). "Somalia issues new election timetable". Daily Nation. Kenya. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
10. Sisk, Richard (December 10, 2020). "US Warplanes Hit Somali Rebels Days After US Troop Withdrawal Announced". news.yahoo.com. Military.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
11. Sheikh, Abdi. "Somalia cuts ties with Kenya, shots fired at Mogadishu protests". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. Retrieved December 15, 2020. Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats to leave Somalia within seven days.
12. Sisk, Richard (December 22, 2020). "A US Naval Armada and 2,500 Marines Are Off Somalia to Cover Troop Withdrawal". news.yahoo.com. Military.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
13. 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.
14. "Ex-Somali PM dies of Coronavirus in London". Garowe Online. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
15. Samanga, Rufaro (8 April 2020). "Veteran Somali Musician Ahmed Ismail Hussein Has Died". Okey Africa. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
16. Dr. Cali Khaliif Galayr oo geeriyooday (in Somali)
17. Former Somali Prime minister, Omar arte Qalib is dead