France pushes un resolution against anti-LGBT laws after Senegal crackdown

Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, revealed on Saturday via X that Paris is submitting a United Nations resolution to prevent states from criminalizing LGBT+ individuals. This diplomatic move follows Senegal’s recent passage of a stricter anti-homosexuality law—just two months after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signed it into force—and coincides with the detention of a French national in Dakar under the same legislation.

By Marguerite Ndongo — Political and Security Analyst