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See also:	History of Somalia List of years in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Somalia.

• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President, 2012-2017
• Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister, 2014-2017

• Somali Civil War (2009–present)
• Somalia cut ties with Iran on 7 January following the execution of Shia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.^[1]
• Al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union base in southern Somalia on 15 January^[2]
• Gunmen attacked the Lido or beach area in Mogadishu on 21 January.^[3]

• Timeline of Somali history
• 2016 timeline of the War in Somalia