2020 in Somaliland

Events of 2020 in Somaliland.

Incumbents

 * President: Muse Bihi Abdi
 * Vice President: Abdirahman Saylici
 * Speaker of the House: Bashe Mohamed Farah
 * Chairman of Elders: Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
 * Chief Justice: Adan Haji Ali
 * Chief of Staff of Armed Forces: Nuh Ismail Tani

January

 * January 2
 * Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs announced the nation-level committee of Anti-FGM.
 * January 5
 * Culvert facilities that worth US$ 983,000 for construction of Burao -Erigavo Road arrive at Berbera Port.
 * January 30
 * European Union and Ministry of Planning sign €7.5 Million deal for Berbera Urban Development Project.

February

 * February 2
 * A commemoration ceremony of the 26th Anniversary of Somaliland Armed Forces held in national army command complex of Hargeisa.
 * February 8
 * Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Minister of Commerce has traveled and welcomed in Netherlands.
 * February 18
 * President of Somaliland addressed the annual nation state at joint session of Parliament of Somaliland in Hargeisa.

March

 * March 2
 * Chairman of Sool Regional Court killed in an explosion attached to his car in Las Anod.
 * March 10
 * Two children died after a house fire at Mohamoud Haibe district in Hargeisa.
 * Yasin Haji Mohamoud foreign minister of Somaliland visited Uganda to boost bilateral relations.
 * March 14
 * House of Representatives is introduced for Sex and Rape Act to debate and discuss.
 * House of Elders is introduced for House of Representatives Elections Act to debate and discuss.
 * March 17
 * COVID-19 in Somaliland – President Bihi announces on closing schools across the country and banning all public gatherings, including sports events and festivals for 4 Weeks, effective midnight (EAT) on March 19. He also mentioned the suspend of flights from eight countries including China, Somalia, Kenya, Italy, Iran, France, South Korea and Spain.
 * March 25
 * COVID-19 in Somaliland – Somaliland's Committee of Preparation and Prevention of the Coronavirus announced that land borders with Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia are closed for 3 weeks, and the only things that can cross the borders is necessary goods including Food, Fuel and Medicines.
 * March 31
 * COVID-19 in Somaliland – The first two cases of coronavirus in Somaliland are confirmed.

April

 * April 1
 * COVID-19 in Somaliland – Muse Bihi orders the state Attorney General starting from Wednesday to release 574 inmates through Somaliland territories in a presidential decree due to coronavirus fears.

November

 * November 14
 * A mine explosion in Balidhiig, Togdheer region, hits a school bus, killing one person and injuring two.

December

 * December 15
 * Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya after president Muse Bihi Abdi visits the country.

January

 * January 6
 * Adan Ahmed Warsame – politician (born 1948)
 * January 10
 * Ahmed Keyse Dualeh – politician and diplomat (born 1922)

April

 * April 2
 * Abdirizak Mohamed Toor – politician
 * Yasin Ali Abdi – politician