LGBTI groups in Senegal said an increase in arrests for alleged homosexuality is a government crackdown on the LGBTI community.

The latest arrests of two men and two women in the capital, Dakar, prompted the comments. Police arrested the four after people in their neighbourhood circulated videos of them engaged in sexual acts.

Anti-gay president, Macky Sall, is up for re-election in 2019. Sall has vowed to never legalize homosexuality in the western African country.

‘Acts against nature’ are illegal and punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to US$2,500. Read more via Gay Star News