Authorities in Senegal are significantly intensifying their efforts to repress individuals perceived as homosexual. This escalating campaign has recently seen a 30-year-old French citizen apprehended in his own home, where he currently remains imprisoned.

More broadly, reports indicate that hundreds of men have been arrested across the country in recent weeks, signalling a severe tightening of legal and social restrictions against the LGBTQ+ community in the West African nation.

By Yacouba Ouédraogo — Investigative journalist