1970 in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Somalia.

Incumbents

 * President: Siad Barre

Events

 * In April, Barre created the National Security Courts, judicial bodies which tried his political opponents and public critics
 * On 10 September, the government enacted National Security Law No. 54, allowing the NSS to punish critics of the regime with indefinite detention without trial
 * On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money
 * Nuruddin Farah published From a Crooked Rib