The Somali History Archive

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1960

• Clashes between Somalis and French troops – May 13th 1960

1961

• Ethiopia On Relations With Somali Republic – August 1961
• President Osman Visits Ghana, Nkrumah Meeting – November 17th 1961
• Famine Threat in Somali Republic Following Floods – December 1961
• Ethiopia Displeased With Anglo-Italian Arms Offer To Somali Republic – December 1961

1962

• Somalis in Kenya Demand Independence – February 1962
• Nationalist Hunger Strike in French Somaliland – February 1962
• Mogadishu Radio Reminds Emperor Selassie He Was Born Within Greater Somalia – October 16th 1962

1963

• Anti-Ethiopian Demonstration in Hargeisa – August 29th 1963
• Envoys in Hargeisa shown victims of Ethiopian tanks – August 29th 1963
• Emperor Selassie Orders Nasrallah Revolt Crushed – December 2nd 1963

1964

• Somali President Approves Border Patrol – February 21st 1964
• Islamic League declares it’s support for Somali National Army against Abyssinian attacks – February 21st 1964
• Ethiopian troops defeated in northern border battles – March 26th 1964
• Soviet radio comments on end of 1964 Ethiopian-Somali War – April 1st 1964
• World Muslim interest in Somali issue seen – December 17th 1964
• Speech at the Islamic congress by delegation from “Somaliland under Ethiopia” – December 28th 1964
• Islamic congress speech by delegation from Northern Frontier District – December 28th 1964
• French Somali Coast Delegation Speech at the Islamic congress – December 28th 1964
• Suffering Under Colonial Misrule – December 28th 1964

1965

• Ethiopia, Israel Suppression of Somalis Cited – February 11th 1965
• Mogadishu radio rebuffs Ethiopian claims – March 8th 1965
• We must oppose the annexation of Jerusalem –
  July 25th 1965
• Defector to Ethiopia calls for uprising in Somalia – September 8th 1965
• UAR-supplied teacher training unit inaugurated – September 30th 1965
• Resistance forces in Western Somalia defeat Ethiopian army – October 5th 1965
• Mogadishu radio reports on liberation war in Eritrea – October 5th 1965
• Somali newspaper blasts U.S. imperialism in Vietnam – December 19th 1965

1966

• Clashes between Somalis and French security forces in Djibouti – September 15th 1966