1986 in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1986 in the Somali Democratic Republic.

Incumbents

 * President: Siad Barre

Events
Ongoing – Somali Rebellion

January

 * January – President Barre and the Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam meet in Djibouti to normalise relations between the two countries.

May

 * May 23 – President Barre suffers life-threatening injuries in an automobile collision near Mogadishu, when the car that was transporting him smashed into the back of a bus during a heavy rainstorm. He was treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia for head injuries, broken ribs and shock over a period of a month.

December

 * December 23 – The Somali Presidential Elections take place, reelecting Siad Barre for another term.