2020 in Somaliland

Events of 2020 in Somaliland.

Incumbents

• President: Muse Bihi Abdi
• Vice President: Abdirahman Saylici
• Speaker of the House: Bashe Mohamed Farah
• Chairman of Elders: Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
• Chief Justice: Adan Haji Ali
• Chief of Staff of Armed Forces: Nuh Ismail Tani

Events

January

• January 2
• Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs announced the nation-level committee of Anti-FGM.
• January 5
• Culvert facilities that worth US$ 983,000 for construction of Burao -Erigavo Road arrive at Berbera Port.
• January 30
• European Union and Ministry of Planning sign €7.5 Million deal for Berbera Urban Development Project.

February

• February 2
• A commemoration ceremony of the 26th Anniversary of Somaliland Armed Forces held in national army command complex of Hargeisa.
• February 8
• Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Minister of Commerce has traveled and welcomed in Netherlands.
• February 18
• President of Somaliland addressed the annual nation state at joint session of Parliament of Somaliland in Hargeisa.

March

• March 2
• Chairman of Sool Regional Court killed in an explosion attached to his car in Las Anod.
• March 10
• Two children died after a house fire at Mohamoud Haibe district in Hargeisa.
• Yasin Haji Mohamoud foreign minister of Somaliland visited Uganda to boost bilateral relations.
• March 14
• House of Representatives is introduced for Sex and Rape Act to debate and discuss.
• House of Elders is introduced for House of Representatives Elections Act to debate and discuss.
• March 17
• COVID-19 in Somaliland – President Bihi announces on closing schools across the country and banning all public gatherings, including sports events and festivals for 4 Weeks, effective midnight (EAT) on March 19. He also mentioned the suspend of flights from eight countries including China, Somalia, Kenya, Italy, Iran, France, South Korea and Spain.
• March 25
• COVID-19 in Somaliland – Somaliland's Committee of Preparation and Prevention of the Coronavirus announced that land borders with Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia are closed for 3 weeks, and the only things that can cross the borders is necessary goods including Food, Fuel and Medicines.
• March 31
• COVID-19 in Somaliland – The first two cases of coronavirus in Somaliland are confirmed.

April

• April 1
• COVID-19 in Somaliland – Muse Bihi orders the state Attorney General starting from Wednesday to release 574 inmates through Somaliland territories in a presidential decree due to coronavirus fears.

November

• November 14
• A mine explosion in Balidhiig, Togdheer region, hits a school bus, killing one person and injuring two.

December

• December 15
• Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya after president Muse Bihi Abdi visits the country.

Deaths

January

• January 6
• Adan Ahmed Warsame – politician (born 1948)
• January 10
• Ahmed Keyse Dualeh – politician and diplomat (born 1922)

April

• April 2
• Abdirizak Mohamed Toor – politician
• Yasin Ali Abdi – politician

See also

• 2020 in East Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

References