Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 25, 2022 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 announcement that the Federal Republic of Nigeria is being forced to re-schedule its national debt based upon the global economic downturn; the United Nations has criticized the expulsion of its diplomat from the West African state of Burkina Faso; there are ongoing problems with the water system in the majority African American municipality of Jackson, Mississippi amid winter storm emergencies across the United States; and the thousands of migrants crossing the Southern border in Texas are coping with freezing temperatures. In the second hour we look back on the 55th anniversary of the historic Massey Lectures by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered in late 1967 over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Finally, we reexamine the life, legacy and contributions of African American feminist intellectual and organizer Eliza Mary Church Terrell who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 24, 2022 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 continuing demand for a permanent seat for Africa on the United Nations Security Council; Kenya has announced that the country will ship food assistance to nearby Republic of South Sudan; South Africa is celebrating the festive season amid ongoing problems with energy supply; and in the aftermath of the U.S.-Africa Summit an editorial in the Zimbabwe state media raises serious questions about the approach of Washington to the continent's leaders. In the second hour we look back on the 55th anniversary of the historic Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. We also listen to the acceptance speech by the re-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa at the conclusion of the 55th National Elective Conference in South Africa. Finally, we hear the year-end briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the status of public health in the African Union (AU) member-states.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 18, 2022 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 announcement by the South African government that it will deploy the military to guard the troubled Eskom state energy agency; tensions are escalating between the West African states of Burkina Faso and neighboring Ghana; the debate is continuing in the Republic of Sudan over the character of the political dispensation which could emerge from the latest framework agreement; and Tunisia has completed a national election to form a new parliament. In the second hour we listen to a media briefing by the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa on the National Elective Conference taking place at NASREC. Finally, we cover the opening press conference of the Second Public Health in Africa Conference which was convened in Kigali, Rwanda.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 17, 2022 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 ongoing African National Congress National Elective Conference taking place in South Africa where the ruling party leadership for the next five years will be selected; the World Cup has prompted a rise in sports gambling on the African continent; the North African state of Tunisia is holding elections for the formation of a new parliament; and the continent has undergone tumultous events during the course of 2022. In the second hour we look in detail at the White House-Africa Summit held this past week in Washington, D.C. Finally, we examine the 55th ANC National Elective Conference at Nasrec.

Interview with Lee Robinson on Cuba.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 11, 2022 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 regular PANW report with dispatches on the emergence of further details surrounding the passing of Congolese musician and political figure Tshala Muana in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); a Libyan man was arrested and transported to the United States in connection with a bombing which occurred in the United Kingdom decades ago; the South African Constitutional Court has dismissed a motion for reconsideration filed by the family of Chris Hani and the Communist Party (SACP) on the parole of Hani's assassin; and the Zambian youth killed in Ukraine fighting alongside the Russian military has been returned to the Southern African state. In the second and third hours we commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the state execution of anti-slavery fighter John Brown in Dec. 1859. We look back on the historical events leading up to the raid on Harper's Ferry such as the Fugitive Slave Act, Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, etc. and the role of these developments in contemporary society.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 10, 2022 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 emergence of the Kingdom of Morocco as a contender in the World Cup semi-final games in Doha, Qatar; legendary Congolese and Pan-African artist Elizabeth Muidikay, popularly known as Tshala Muana, has joined the ancestors; Ethiopia is reporting that power has been restored in the Tigray province after two years of conflict; and South Africa experienced flash flooding in the Guateng province earlier today. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the status of public health on the continent. Later we look at the source of corruption on the African continent and how it can be resolved. Finally, we pay tribute to soul singer Otis Redding on the 55th anniversary of his untimely death in 1967.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 4, 2022 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 quest by the Ethiopian government to transform the peace agreement signed with the TPLF in Pretoria and Nairobi into a lasting stability; a flash flood in South Africa has killed numerous people attending a church service; Burkina Faso recently banned the state media in France from broadcasting inside the West African state; and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a meeting today in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the second hour we look back at a press conference held in the United States during the 1991 visit of martyred South African revolutionary Chris Hani. Finally, we review the level of police repression in the U.S. during 1969 from Los Angeles to Chicago which culminated in the assassinations of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark fifty-three years ago.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 3, 2022 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 celebrations in Cameroun after its team defeated Brazil during the World Cup in Doha, Qatar; reports indicate that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched air strikes against the Palestinian people in Gaza; a Russian governmental spokesperson has criticized comments made by an official of the United States State Department; and the Tanzania Supreme Court recently sentenced 11 people to death for the murder of a conservationist. In the second hour we listen to an interview with a leading African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa official on the current situation inside the ruling party. Finally, we review a briefing by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Listen to the Sun. Nov. 27, 2022 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 continuing response to the Ethiopia peace accord signed recently in South Africa and Kenya; there has been an attack on a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu; Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China holding talks with President Xi Jinping; and the former youth leader in Ivory Coast has held a rally after returning to the West Africa having been acquitted of charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands. In the second hour we look at the security situation in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo amid the intervention of the East African Community (EAC) peacekeeping forces. Later we examine the social problems related to unemployment among youth on the African continent.