1986 in Somalia

Ongoing – Somali Rebellion

• January – President Barre and the Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam meet in Djibouti to normalise relations between the two countries.^[1]

• May 23 – President Barre suffers life-threatening injuries in an automobile collision near Mogadishu, when the car that was transporting him smashed into the back of a bus during a heavy rainstorm.^[2] He was treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia for head injuries, broken ribs and shock over a period of a month.^[3]

• December 23 – The Somali Presidential Elections take place, reelecting Siad Barre for another term.^[4]