Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across west Africa, campaigners warn
Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as âthe easiest scapegoats to maintain their powerâ A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights. In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the âpromotionâ of homosexuality. Niger criminalised âsexual relations with a person of the same sexâ in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country. Continue reading...

