A court in Pikine-Guédiawaye (a suburb of the Senegalese capital, Dakar) has handed down the first conviction under Senegal's newly strengthened anti-homosexuality legislation, sentencing a 24-year-old man to six years in prison and a fine of 2 million CFA francs (around $3,300) for "acts against nature and public indecency." The law, signed by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on 31 March, doubles the maximum penalty for same-sex relations from five to ten years and also criminalises the promotion or financing of same-sex relationships. The UN's human rights chief has condemned the legislation as "deeply worrying," while Human Rights Watch warns it has emboldened authorities, with local media reporting dozens of arrests since February.