1997 in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Somalia.

Incumbents

 * President: Ali Mahdi Muhammad

November

 * November 5 - The Red Cross aids the victims of the Somali flood.
 * November 13 - The death toll of the Somali flood increases to 500.
 * November 14 - Another 125 people are reported to have died during the Somali flood.
 * November 17 - The death toll of the Somali flood reaches 2,000.
 * November 23 - Food packets are dropped in southern Somalia for the flood victims.

December

 * December 2 - The Somali flood report says that tens of thousands struggle to survive and people are hardly getting any help.
 * December 3 - 1997 Somalia flood
 * The floodwaters increase panic in Somalia as it threatens thousands of lives.
 * The flood has been reported to have now affected over a million people.
 * December 5 - United Nations helicopters arrive to aid Somalia during the flood.
 * December 15 - The flood of Somalia eases as more people get emergency help.
 * December 22 - After the floods, aid agencies in Somalia get concerned over the risk of cholera.
 * December 25 - Hussein Mohamed Aidid and Former President Ali Mahdi Mohamed sign a power sharing pact to discuss forming Somalia's first central government for six years in the next two months.
 * December 26 - Egyptian President Husni Mubarak told visiting Somali faction leaders that he will help rebuild Somalia.