2016 in Somalia

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List of events

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* 2014
* 2013
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Somalia |

* 2017
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* 2019
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Decades:|

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* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

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* History of Somalia
* List of years in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Somalia.

## Incumbents

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* Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President, 2012-2017
* Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister, 2014-2017

## Events

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* Somali Civil War (2009–present)
* Somalia cut ties with Iran on 7 January following the execution of Shia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.[1]
* Al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union base in southern Somalia on 15 January[2]
* Gunmen attacked the Lido or beach area in Mogadishu on 21 January.[3]

## Public holidays

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Main article: Public holidays in Somalia

## See also

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* Somalia portal

* Timeline of Somali history
* 2016 timeline of the War in Somalia

## References

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1. ^ Somalia Cuts Ties With Iran After Accusing Iranians in Mogadishu of ‘Disseminating’ Shiite Doctrine
2. ^ (Reuters)
3. ^ (BBC)

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2016 in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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Years in Somalia

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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