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Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across west Africa, campaigners warn

📅2 August 2026 at 04:00
📰The Guardian
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Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as ‘the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power’
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 “promotion” of homosexuality. Niger criminalised “sexual relations with a person of the same sex” in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country.
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