| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Somalia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Helen Chapin Metz (1993). Somalia: A Country Study. The Division. p. 187.
- ^ Liberty: Magazine of the Somali National Movement, Issues 2-4. The Movement. 1986. p. 15.
- ^ Judith Gardner and Judy El Bushra (2004). Somalia - The Untold Story: The War Through the Eyes of Somali Women. CIIR. p. 228.
1970 in Africa | |
|---|---|
| Sovereign states |
|
States with limited recognition |
|
Dependencies and other territories |
|
|
