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 **  **     **      ** **       February 27, 1995
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International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House
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SENEGAL: PRESIDENT PROMISES PRESS LAW REFORM AT RADIO LAUNCH

Senegalese President Abdou Diouf promised to reform the press law
at the inauguration of his country's first private radio station
on 12 January, reports the December/January issue (No.11) of "SOS
Press Freedom in West Africa", the newsletter of the Press
Freedom Monitoring and Defence division of the West African
Journalists' Association (WAJA). The station, Sud FM Sen Radio,
started its test transmission last July and has since been joined
on the airwaves by other private radio stations. A. Ndiaga Sylla
writes that the President called for media pluralism and press
freedom as he launched the station, while stating that
journalists had a responsibility to the truth to ensure its
success.

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Committee to Protect Journalists in partnership with the member
organizations of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange
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867-1638. Editor this week: Kristina Stockwood. Subscriptions are
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