Events in the year 2018 in
Somalia.
Incumbents
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President –
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ( so, Maxaamed Cabdullaahii Maxaamed, ar, محمد عبدالله محمد; born 11 March 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was prime minist ...
*
Prime Minister –
Hassan Ali Khaire
Events
*23 February –
February 2018 Mogadishu attack
*1 April –
2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer On 1 April 2018, Al-Shabaab fighters attacked an AMISOM base in Bulo Marer in the Lower Shebelle region of Somalia.
Attack
Two trucks filled with explosives blew up at the AMISOM military camp in Bula Marer, 110 km south of Mogadishu. Then ...
*19 May –
Cyclone Sagar makes landfall, killing 31 in Somalia
Deaths
*14 May –
Abdulrahim Abby Farah
Abdulrahim Abby Farah ( so, Cabdiraxiim Caabbi Faarax, ar, عبد الرحيم آبي فرح; October 22, 1919 – May 14, 2018) was a Welsh-born Somali diplomat and politician. He was Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations 1979-1990. He ...
, diplomat and politician (b. 1919).
References
{{Years in Somalia
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