Senegal approves harsher penalties for same-sex relations
Senegal’s National Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a new law doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual relations to 10 years and criminalising the “promotion” of homosexuality, fulfilling a campaign promise of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. A total of 135 members of parliament voted in favour, zero against and three…
