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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Uguru

‘We fear the epidemic will return’: Senegal’s harsh anti-gay law puts decades of HIV progress in jeopardy

A man holds up a burned rainbow flag at the front of a crowd in Dakar.
Protesters burn a rainbow flag during a demonstration against homosexuality in Dakar, Senegal, in 2022. Photograph: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

Amadou Diouf* has spent the past two months watching people he knows disappear – fleeing across borders, being arrested or simply going silent.

Diouf helps with the running of a refuge, providing emergency shelter and community support for LGBTQ+ people facing homophobic violence. In Senegal’s capital Dakar, the work has to stay under the radar of the authorities.

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