Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. April 9, 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 ongoing conflict in Ukraine involving the Russian Federation, the United States and NATO; the Malian military says it has eliminated some members of an armed rebel group fighting the government in Bamako; Gambia has voted again in an election designed to support the incumbent president; and the South African ruling ANC party says it wants to improve relations between local and national governmental structures. In the second hour we look back on the period leading up to and following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the aftermath of the 54th anniversary of his martyrdom. Finally, we commemorate the 124th anniversary of the birth of Paul Robeson (1898-1976).

Listen to the Sun. April 3, 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 recent briefing on the military situation inside Ukraine amid the Russian intervention; tribute has been paid to the United Nations peacekeeping soldiers killed in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo; estimates reveal that $2 billion was lost in the Somaliland market place fire in Hargeisa; and 90 migrants have been reportedly killed in the Mediterranean seeking to enter Southern Europe. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the 54th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. We will look at the events surrounding the assassination and the national reaction to the death of the most well-known African American leader in the U.S.

Listen to the Sat. April 2, 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 recent attack on a fuel depot in Russia by Ukraine forces and the continuing plight of African students fleeing the country to neighboring Eastern European states; the military continues to suppress pro-democracy demonstrations in the Republic of Sudan; Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called for an inclusive national dialogue throughout the Horn of Africa state; and the African continent is also facing hyperinflation amid the post-pandemic crisis and the war in Eastern Europe. In the second and third hours we look back on the 54th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. We will review the last two major addresses delivered by Dr. King in Washington, D.C. and Memphis.

Listen to the Sun. March 27, 2022 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 on the announcement by the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) leader that the area wants to hold a referendum on merging with Russia; Sudanese armed opposition groups have differed over the military coup which occured on Oct. 25; the East African Community (EAC) is poised to received $8.7 billion in investments from the African Development Bank (AfDB); and an African mask from Gabon has sold for $4.2 million at an art auction in Paris. In the second hour we feature a panel discussion held over Kenyan television analyzing the position of South Africa regarding the war in Ukraine. Finally, we conclude our month-long focus on Women's History with a rare archived audio file of an Aug. 1972 radio panel examining the role of women in the struggle against repression in the United States.

Listen to the Sat. March 26, 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 escalation in the Ukraine conflict; South Sudanese leaders have exchanged accusations over responsibility for renewed fighting inside the country; Kenya has gained international attention through the camel medical clinics providing services to rural populations; and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has continued to engage the military regimes in Guinea and Mali over their demands for a return to civilian rule. In the second hour we listen to a discussion on the South African position on the Ukraine war. We then continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with an examination of African women's labor during enslavement and the United States Civil War. Finally we review a panel discussion featuring African American women during 1968.

Listen to the Sun. March 20, 2022 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 on the announcement by the Russian government that a humanitarian corridor will be opening for residents of Mariupol in Ukraine; the economy of the Republic of Sudan has drastically declined amid demonstrations demanding an end to military rule; cotton production in the West African state of Mali has reached record levels; and Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been in office for one year in the East African country. Later we look at the continuing impact of western sanctions against Zimbabwe. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on Women's History Month with examinations of the life, times and contributions of Mary B. Talbert, the Phyllis Wheatley Club and Willie Mae Thornton.

Listen to the Sat. March 19, 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 military drills being held by NATO on the border with Ukraine as the Russian military utilizes supersonic missiles; African leaders and civil society are under continuing pressure by Washington to endorse its position on Ukraine; Nigeria is facing fuel shortages within one of the continent's largest producers of petroleum; and the Polisario Front of the Western Sahara strongly rejected Spain position of recognizing Morocco's control of the SADR. We will hear a report on the video discussions between the United States and Chinese leaders over the Ukraine situation. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on Women's History Month with an examination of the life, times and contributions of Hallie Quinn Brown, Rosa L. Parks and Willie Mae Thornton.

Listen to the Sun. March 13, 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 planned resumption of talks between Russia and Ukraine on ending the military conflict; Ethiopia has held the First Congress of the ruling Prosperity Party; the military regime in Sudan has announced another cash infusion from the United Arab Emirates (UAE); and the Zimbabwe Information Ministry has announced a new policy on media relations. In the second hour we look at Africa-China relations within the context of the 2 Sessions being in Beijing. Later we continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with an examination of women in the Civil War and within the labor force during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Listen to the Sat. March 12, 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 PANW report with dispatches on the status of the nuclear power plants under the control of Russia during its military operation in Ukraine; the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has died at the age of 84; another cyclone has hit northern Mozambique; and 19 migrants are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with focuses on two Civil Rights activists and Feminists, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) and Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954).

Listen to the Sun. March 6, 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 sharp questions asked by African journalists to the United States State Department on why the continent should support Washington's position on the Ukraine war; Russia says it is prepared to end its special military operations in Ukraine if certain conditions are met; Niger says that five of its troops were killed in a jidhadist attack; and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto has just returned from an international tour as he prepares to run for the East African state's top office. In the second hour we further explore the position of African states in the Ukraine crisis. Later we focus on our commemoration of Women's History Month with an examination of revolutionary activist Lucy Parsons (1851-1942) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Finally, we hear an archived radio drama on the life, times and contributions of educator-writer, women's organizer and voting rights activist of Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954).