Senegal: Newspapers go on strike to protest journalist arrest

Three quarters of Senegalese newspapers were missing from kiosks on Monday in a protest against last week's jailing of the publications director of independent newspaper Le Quotidien, which they described as "a vain attempt to muzzle the press". Le Quotidien's Madiambal Diagne was arrested on Friday, charged with publishing confidential documents, spreading false information and acts which compromise public security.