official name: Senegal
capital: Dakar
independence: 1960 (from France)
president: Abdoulaye WADE
population: 10.8million
language: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar,
currency: XOF
religion: 94% Muslim, 5% Christian
homosexual status: Illegal

Senegal

25 Feb 2008- Dakar, Senegal- Dozens of Senegalese homosexuals are reported to have fled to the neighbouring countries [The Gambia and Mali] to escape the looming threats on their lives...more

Gay Wedding Stirs Controversy in Senegal

22 Feb 2008- Dakar, Senegal- After photos of a reported marriage ceremony between two men were published in a local magazine in Senegal, politicians, journalists and religious leaders are weighing in on their views about homosexuality...more

Tear Gas Rains Down on Homophobic Crowd in Senegal

15 Feb 2008- Dakar, Senegal- "We want homosexuals to be wiped out in this country. We will continue to fight for Senegal to become a Muslim nation," said Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye as he threw stones around the Grand Mosque de Dakar, Senegal's main mosque...more

Senegal urged to legalise gay

13 Feb 2008- Senegal - As the dust surrounding the arrest and detention of people accused of taking part in a clandestine gay marriage in Senegal is yet to be settled, several international organisations have called on Senegalese authorities to decriminalise homosexuality in the country...more

Police frees five held in Senegal gay wedding scandal

06 Feb 2008-  Dakar, Senegal- Five people detained this week in a probe in Senegal over alleged death threats against the editor of a magazine which ran an article on a homosexual wedding, have been freed, police said Thursday...more

Arrests for Senegal 'gay wedding'

04 Feb 2008- Senegal- Police in Senegal have arrested several men following the publication of pictures claiming to depict a wedding ceremony between two men...more

Senegalese gay man allowed to stay in Italy

10 Dec 2007- Italy's top court for civil and criminal cases, the Supreme Court of Cassation, has ruled that a gay illegal immigrant from Senegal can remain in Italy for now...more

Circumcision message could confuse gay community in Senegal

09 August 2007- Experts are warning Senegalese men who have sex with men not to get caught up in the hype about male circumcision after recent research indicated that the procedure could offer some protection against HIV...more

Hiv- Positive Gays In Senegal Face Double Stigma

19 Feb 2006 DAKAR-  Twenty-four-year old male sex worker Doudou (not his real name) was forced to turn to Senegal’s leading gay NGO when his family members threw him out for being a homosexual...more

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