Senegal

Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws
Pikine Guediawaye Judicial Complex in the Dakar metropolitan area (Source: @pressafrik_group)
Senegal police arrest 8 suspected lesbians
Daughter of Senegal anti-LGBT advocate arrested on lesbianism and drug charges
Senegalese MPs working in the National Assembly. In the foreground on the left is Mouhamed Sagna (better known as Guy Marius before his conversion to Islam), a leading figure in Sonkoism (@assembleenationalesn on Instagram).
Senegal’s human rights defenders fear a draft bill on political finances
Cabo Verde, Africa’s outlier in LGBTQ freedom
The headquarter of the Senegalese Constitutional Council in Dakar
Senegal Court blocks constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Ousmane Sonko (center) was elected speaker of Senegal's National Assembly on May 26, four days after President President Bassirou ⁠⁠Diomaye Faye dismissed him as prime minister. (Photo courtesy of AFP)
Senegal amends its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage
In October 2024, anti-LGBTQ protesters demanded a ruling from the Ghana Supreme Court on the anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. The bill expired without a presidential signature. (Photo courtesy of X/Twitter)
Trump drops US support for human rights of LGBTQ Africans
El Hadji Moustapha Diouf, a prominent lawyer in Dakar, refuses to defend defendants accused of homosexuality (@metrodakar)
Who is behind the arrest of 100s of LGBTQ people in Senegal?
Niger's president and former coup leader Abdourahamane Tchiani. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Niger adopts anti-LGBTQ law, threatens up to 20 years in prison
African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law
Activist speaks out as Senegal’s LGBTQI community is stricken by fear
Presidential advisor Matar Ndiaga Seck was arrested on homosexuality charges. (Photo courtesy of Seneweb)
Prominent Senegal citizens fall victim to anti-gay sweep
Senegal's gendarmerie released this photo of 12 men arrested on homosexuality charges.
Wave of arrests of gay men in Senegal fuels hysteria about HIV
Courtroom scene in the Pikine-Guédiawaye courthouse in Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Dakar Poste)
Young man agrees to sex act for $3.57, instead gets 6 years in Senegal prison
Senegal: Anti-gay crackdown nets celebrities in religion, media, fashion