1970 in Somalia

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Somalia → 1971 1972 1973
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1970 List of years in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Somalia.

Incumbents

• Siad Barre, President, 21 October 1969–26 January 1991

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

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.