1960 in Somalia

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The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia .

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References

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