official name: Somalia
capital: Mogadishu
independence: 1960 ( From UK )
president: Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed
population: 8.5million
language: Somali (official), Arabic, English
currency: Somali shilling
religion: Sunni Muslim
homosexual status: Illegal

Somalia

Somali gay bloggers receive death threats

29 Nov 2007- Somalia- After the website Somali Gay Community was launched earlier this month, the staff behind the site has received death threats. The news about the website, which major Somali media picked up from afrol News, caused a storm of debate that included threatening hate messages...more

Somalis launch public gay site

19 November – Somalia-  A group of Somalis wrote their names in the genesis book of history at the weekend by launching the first-ever gay website [www.somaligaycommunity.org]...more

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