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Other events of 1960
List of years in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia.

Events

June

June 26 - The State of Somaliland, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, attained independence from the United Kingdom.^[1]

July

July 1 - Italian Somaliland gained its independence from Italy, five days after British Somaliland, and merged into the Somali Republic. Aden Abdullah Othman, leader of the Italian Somaliland legislature, was elected President, and Abdirashid Ali Shermake became Prime Minister.^[2]

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004), p803
↑ I. William Zartman, Government and Politics in Northern Africa (Methuen, 1964), p164

1960 in Africa

Sovereign states	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Togo Tunisia Upper Volta

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate British Cameroons French Somaliland The Gambia Mauritius Northern Rhodesia Réunion Ruanda-Urundi Saint Helena Sierra Leone Southern Rhodesia Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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