Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Thurs. March 28, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the opposition parties call for demonstrations in the West African state of Togo after the president announced measures to extend his term of office; four people have been sentenced in the assassination of a Tunisian lawyer over a decade ago; West African women farmers are gaining more recognition for their important role in agricultural production; and the security situation in worsening in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the second hour we features a panel discussion on the situation in Palestine. Finally, we rebroadcast a radio panel discussion from 1968 on the role of African American women in the freedom movement and society in general.

Listen to the Sun. March 24, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on a recent attack on Niger military personnel inside the country; Algeria has set national elections for Sept.; Kenyan doctors remain on strike for the second week; and refugee camps in Chad are overflowing with new migrants. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on International Women's History Month with segments on the impact of the Memphis massacre of 1866 on African American women. Later we listen to two speeches, one from 1968 and another delivered in 1971, by Coretta Scott King.

Listen to the Sat. March 23, 2024 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the efforts by the Republic of Zimbabwe to contain a cholera outbreak in the country; a Rwandan living in the United States has been charged in the federal courts for not revealing his role in the 1994 genocide; there are water shortages in the Republic of South Africa; and the financial institutions in Ghana are trying to cope with an internet outage impacting several African states. In the second hour we listen to an extensive interview with South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Naledi Pandor, on the legal claims made by Pretoria against the State of Israel for its war against the Palestinians in Gaza. Later we look back on the literary contributions of Ann Petry and Lorraine Hansberry as part of our commemoration of International Women's History Month.

Listen to the Fri. March 22, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our PANW report with dispatches on the recent IDF bombing of Rafah in the Gaza Strip; Yemen has provided a military update on its solidarity actions with the people of Palestine; Iraq announced that the United States has reopened talks on their exit from the country; and there are ongoing military engagements between southern Lebanon and the northern IOT. In the second and third hours we will listen to a panel discussion on the situation in West Asia.

Listen to the Tues. March 19, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our PANW report with dispatches on the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) conducting drills in anticipation of a ground invasion by the United States and Britain; resistance forces are continuing their attacks on the IDF inside the Gaza Strip; the South African government in its legal actions against the IOF at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is demanding action against the genocide in Gaza; and the Republic of South Sudan has closed schools due to extreme heat in the country. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on International Women's History Month looking back at the life, times and contributions of human and civil rights activist Ella Baker.

Listen to the Sun. March 17, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our ongoing focus on International Women's History Month with segments on veteran civil rights organizers Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Listen to the Sat. March 16, 2024 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the release of a Senegalese opposition leader who will stand for presidential elections in April; Egypt is emerging as a mediator for resolving the internal conflict in the Republic of Sudan; the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reinstated the death penalty; and a Somalian hotel was retaken by the National Army from rebels. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on International Women's History Month with segments on journalist Alice Dunnigan, activist Rosa L. Parks and Pan-African scholar Shirley Graham Du Bois.

Listen to the Fri. March 15, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches continuing Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) operations in solidarity with the people of Gaza; a Hamas representative was interviewed by a leading Lebanese television network; the Russian Federation has launched 50 attacks against Ukraine; and the European Union (EU) is threatening more sanctions against Moscow. In the second and third hours we focus on International Women's History Month by an examination of the journalistic contributions of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and musician, radio, film and television sensation Hazel Scott.

Listen to the Thurs. March 14, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the Russian Foreign Ministry assessment of the Pentagon plan to build a pier off the coast of Gaza to provide humanitarian assistance; more Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank during the Ramadan season; the South African Foreign Minister Dr. Naledi Pandor says that anyone found to be aiding the IDF will be arrested; and Kenya is being frustrated in its agreement with the United States to send 1,000 police officers to Haiti. In the second and third hours we listen to a panel discussion on the current situation in Palestine and the West Asia region.

Listen to the Tues. March 12, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the claims by the African National Congress (ANC) government in South Africa that Israel is violating the International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders handed down in Jan. in regard to the lawsuit filed charging genocide in Gaza; France is bolstering its military presence in Chad; Ethiopia is considering withdrawal from its port agreement with the breakaway territory of Somaliland; and Kenya has come under additional pressure to deploy its police force to Haiti amid the collapse of the government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of International Women's History Month with a focus on the role of women in the abolitionist movement and during the United States Civil War.