• The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia. President: Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (starting 1 July) Prime Minister: Muhammad Haji Ibrahim...
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    Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland. In 1960, the two territories united to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. Siad...
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    president of Somalia (Somali: Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces...
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    This is a list of presidents of Somalia. Since the establishment of the office of president in 1960, there have been 9 official presidents. The president...
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    with Somalia. However, their primary focus was the Ogaden region, which had been occupied by Ethiopia since Menelik's invasions in the 1890s. From 1960 and...
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    annually in Somalia on July 1. The date celebrates the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic...
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  • Somalia (Somali: Astaanta Qaranka Soomaaliya) was the national anthem of Somalia between 1960 and 2000. The Somali Republic was formed on 1 July 1960...
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    selected in tribute to the United Nations who helped to form the country of Somalia during its status as a trust territory from 1950-1960. Somali woman wearing...
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    Amministrazione fiduciaria italiana della Somalia), was a United Nations Trust Territory situated in present-day Somalia. Its capital was Mogadishu and was administered...
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    The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war...
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    Somalia is officially divided into 18 administrative regions (gobollo, singular gobol). These are in turn subdivided into seventy-two districts (plural...
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    is the air force of Somalia. Called the Somali Aeronautical Corps (SAC) during its pre-independence period (1954–1960), the Somali Air Force was renamed...
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    Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya)...
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    officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Somali: Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. During its existence...
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    July 1961 and through a popular referendum, Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960. The new constitution was rejected by Somaliland...
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    Somaliland (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland; Arabic: جمهورية صوماليلاند, romanized: Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is an unrecognised country in the Horn of...
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  • Somalia portal History of Somalia Flag of Somalia National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000) Qolobaa Calankeed, the national anthem 2012–present "Somalia...
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  • Music portal Somalia portal History of Somalia Flag of Somalia National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000), the Somali national anthem from 1960 to 2000 "Soomaaliyeey...
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    The Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad: سٝوماليداَ‎) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share...
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    The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally...
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    dei Giovani Somali or Lega Somala della Gioventù), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first political party in Somalia. It played...
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    (House of the People). The first parliament in independent Somalia was unicameral National Assembly (1960–1969). It was followed by unicameral House of...
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  • Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyadin Addow (category CS1 Somali-language sources (so))
    Sheikh Muhyadin Addow, (born in 1960 Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Somali military general and Incumbent Chief of Defence Force Somali National Army. Major General...
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    China–Somalia relations are the bilateral relations between China and Somalia. Somalia maintains an embassy in Beijing. China has an embassy in Mogadishu...
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    Practitioners of Islam first entered Somalia in the northwestern city of Zeila during prophet Muhammad's lifetime whereupon they built the Masjid al-Qiblatayn;...
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    of Somalia has always been Somali, although throughout Somalia's history various exoglossic languages have also been used at a national level. Somali is...
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    until 1960. In 1948, under pressure from their World War II allies and to the dismay of the Somalis, the British gave the Haud (an important Somali grazing...
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    Mogadishu (redirect from Capital of Somalia)
    of Somalia after World War II and the Trust Territory of Somaliland administered by Italy in the 1950s. This was followed by independence in 1960, the...
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    Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal...
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    administration. On 1 July 1960, the Trust Territory of Somalia united with the former British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic. The late 19th century...
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