Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Tues. Dec. 31, 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 some of the most pressing and burning issues of the day. In the second and third hours we review events in West Asia with special focuses on Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 29, 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 Chadian legislative elections which were boycotted by the opposition; South Sudan is battling the perils of climate change; a plane crash in South Korea has killed many people; and the war is continuing in Ukraine as the Russian military makes further advances. In the second hour we look back on events from 2024. Senegal is making attempts to reorient the government in a more independent direction amid the new leadership. Finally, we look at events in West Asia in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 28, 2024 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 preparations being made in Ethiopia for the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit in Feb.; Kenya President William Ruto has spoken about the activists who are being disappeared in the country since youth demonstrations during the year; Chad opposition groupings are vowing to disrupt the local and regional elections being held inside the country; and there are many being blamed for the stampede deaths in the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the last several weeks. In the second hour we listen to an analysis of the situation in West Asia. Finally, we continue the James Baldwin centenary through an address delivered on the artist's quest for integrity.

Listen to the Fri. Dec. 27, 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 upcoming legislative elections in Chad; two opposition groupings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have combined to criticize President Felix Tshisekedi; Mozambique is continuing its plans for the LNG production facilities in the north of the country; and the recently-elected Senegalese President Faye has called for the removal of all foreign military bases in this West African state. In the second and third hours we review the geopolitical situation in West Asia covering events in Palestine, Lebanon, Syira, Yemen and Iran.

Listen to the Thurs. Dec. 26, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.

Listen to the Wed. Dec. 25, 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 character of national diversity and deforestation in Zimbabwe; the Archbishop of Kinshasha in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has harshly criticized the government; two journalists have been killed in recent clashes in Haiti; and more post-elections unrest has erupted in Mozambique in the aftermath of the declaration of FRELIMO as being the winners by the Constitutional Council. In the second hour we review a rare interview with Pan-Africanist and Marxist theorist C.L.R. James. Finally, we look back on the life, times and contributions of archivist Arturo Schomburg.

Listen to the Tues. Dec. 24, 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 regular PANW report with dispatches on the political and security situation in West Asia. In the second and third hours we listen to analyses from experts on international affairs as they recap events of the previous months and year.

Listen to the Mon. Dec. 23, 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 PANW report with dispatches on the appointment of a new government in France; Africa's debt burden is rapidly increasing; the University of Johannesburg has been ranked as one of the top higher education institutions on the continent; and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has rejected a timeline advanced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for its departure from the regional body. In the second hour we review recent developments in West Asia. Finally, we look back on a discussion between Malcolm X and James Baldwin during the early 1960s.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 22, 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 escalating military operations between Yemen and the United States; South Africa was the scene of an annual campaign against gender-based violence; Somalia has taken the helm in the East African security apparatus; and Chad has ordered French troops to exit the country. In the second hour we continue to look back on the historic Massey Lectures of 1967 featuring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Finally, we reexamine the longest student-led strike in U.S. history at San Francisco State College during 1968-69.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 21, 2024 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 clashes between Syrian civilians and Israeli occupation forces in the Golan Heights; the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has been declared over by the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa division; Mpox is continuing to spread in various Central and East African states; and the South African Communist Party (SACP) has congratulated the South-West Africa Peoples's Organization (SWAPO) for its victory in the recently held elections in the Republic of Namibia where the country chose its first woman president. In the second and third hours we look back on the 60th anniversary of the visit of Ernesto Che Guevara to the United States in Dec. 1964. Finally, we review the U.S.-backed failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba during April 1961.