Senegalese online outlet Seneweb reports that television presenter Pape Cheikh Diallo has been arrested by the Keur Massar Gendarmerie Company’s Research Brigade as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
Diallo, a presenter with TFM, was taken into custody on Friday. According to Seneweb, he is alleged to be linked to a wider network accused of engaging in same-sex relationships, which remain criminalised under Senegalese law.
Under Article 319 of the Penal Code, consensual same-sex acts are classified as “unnatural acts” and can carry prison sentences and fines.
Seneweb reports that Diallo was identified during the interrogation of another suspect already in custody.
The outlet claims that during questioning, investigators accused him of involvement in prohibited same-sex relations. No official charge sheet has yet been made public, and the allegations have not been independently verified.
