Senegal

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
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Senegal president signs harsh anti-gay bill into law
Senegal’s anti-colonial legacy turns homophobic
Ghana's parliament (Photo courtesy of ISSAfrica.org)
UNAIDS and faith leaders oppose anti-gay bills in Senegal and Ghana
Arthur Schaper, the California Mass Resistance field director, speaks in opposition to a California high school's Wellness Center in 2023, claiming that it would encourage students to change their gender.(Vincent Medina photo courtesy of Norwalk Patriot)
Mass.-based U.S. ‘pro-family’ group pushed Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ+ law
Senegal parliament votes to double prison time for gay sex
Senegal government proposes harsh new laws against homosexuality
Senegal's gendarmerie released this photo of 12 men arrested on homosexuality charges.
Amid homophobic panic, Senegal conservatives renew push for tougher anti-gay law
Senegal Serigne Kosso Mbacke Courtesy of Senenews
Senegal: 11 men convicted of ‘unnatural acts’, 11 others awaiting trial
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Map of Senegal shows the capital, Dakar. (Map courtesy of AFP)
Anti-gay police crackdown expands in Senegal
Mame Mactar Gueye, vice president of Jamra in Senegal (Photo courtesy of TMF)
Senegal imprisons 10 men for ‘unnatural acts’
Anti-LGBTQ protest in Senegal. (File photo)
Senegal: The tale of a gay capital turned homophobic state
The Grand Mosque of Dakar (Photo courtesy of Le Monde)
Senegal police arrest 15 LGBT people who shared a WhatsApp group
Senegal: Conservatives keep pushing for tougher anti-homosexuality law