1970 in Somalia

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In April, Barre created the National Security Courts, judicial bodies which tried his political opponents and public critics^[1]
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^[2]
On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money^[3]
Nuruddin Farah published From a Crooked Rib

↑ Helen Chapin Metz (1993). Somalia: A Country Study. The Division. p. 187.
↑ Liberty: Magazine of the Somali National Movement, Issues 2-4. The Movement. 1986. p. 15.
↑ Judith Gardner and Judy El Bushra (2004). Somalia - The Untold Story: The War Through the Eyes of Somali Women. CIIR. p. 228.

1970 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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