Private media in the West African state of Guinea are boycotting the news in protest against restrictions by the ruling junta. "We've had to resign ourselves to telling the staff, the overwhelming majority of the staff, to stay at home and wait for better days," says Talibe Barry, a director and columnist for Frequence Info Medias (FIM) FM, whose airwaves have been jammed. In May, private media and online outlets staged a similar one-day boycott. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES