Today is "no press day", in Senegal

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Senegalese news organizations widely heeded a call today for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry. Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news. VOA Africa News Tonight Host Yeheyes Wuhib talked with reporter Alpha Jallow in Dakar regarding today’s “no press day”, in Senegal.