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Soul mates: <i>The price of being gay in Somalia </i>

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Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training

afrol News - Kenyan authorities have denied reports alleging that it has trained over 2 500 Somali troops who are ready to join the government battle against the radical Islamist group, Al Shabaab.

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Somali militant group declares affiliation to al Qaeda

afrol News - Somalia’s radical Islamic insurgent group, al Shabaab, has finally confirmed its affiliation to al-Qaeda's global militant campaign.

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Soul mates: The price of being gay in Somalia

afrol News - Afdhere Jama talks to a Somali gay couple that has staid together since their childhood in Mogadishu in the 1980s. Abdulle and Sakariye escaped the marriages arranged by their parents and sought freedom in the "liberal" town of Shalaamboot. But "freedom" came at a higher price than the young couple expected.

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