Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko warned on Thursday that insistence on LGBTQ rights in diplomatic relations and from multinational organisations could lead to "anti-Western sentiment."
Homosexuality is stigmatised in the West African nation, where a law against “acts against nature with an individual of the same sex” carries a penalty of up to five years imprisonment. Campaigning with Faye in March elections on a pro-sovereignty platform — and with major backing by the country’s youth — the populist Sonko struck a tone similar to former president Macky Sall, who was seen as closer to the West.
The Senate, yesterday, temporarily stepped down the adoption of a report asking the National Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the ongoing implementation of the multi-year tariff order 2024, The family of a 15-year-old boy, Habeeb Bello, is desperately in need of N1.162 million to save their son from cancer. Bello was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of the right upper limb, a form of bone cancer, last year, which necessitates urgent intervention.