Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 14, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the recent earthquake in the Caribbean Island-nation of Haiti where many people have been killed, injured and dislocated; Zimbabwe is encouraging women to pursue economic empowerment within this Southern African state; South Africa is battling the COVID-19 pandemic as infections spread to new areas of the country; and Ethiopia is attempting to contain the insurgency which is taking place in the north of the Horn of Africa state. In the second hour we continue our recognition of Black August with a look at the year 1963 as a turning point in the African American liberation struggle. Finally, we review some of the important issues impacting Africa and the world.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 8, 2021 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 statement issued by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry on the necessity of preserving historical sites amid clashes with rebel forces in the north of the country; Ivory Coast officials say they have arrested dozens in connection with recent election violence; there has been a split in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition; and South Africa has marked a grim 500 days since the lockdown due to the pandemic. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on Black August with a historical review of the Black Seminole Wars against the United States government during the 19th century. Finally, we examine the resistance historiography with an archived interview with Dr. Herbert Aptheker.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 7, 2021 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 visit by United States special envoy to Ethiopia in an attempt to shape the contours of the crisis in the Tigray province; Ivory Coast has undergone an energy shortage over the last month with periodic power outages; South African scientists have weighed in on the U.S. attempts to apportion blame regarding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic; and the Zambian government has deployed troops amid clashes leading up to the national elections. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August with another examination of the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the U.S. and the hidden history of rebellions led by enslaved people. Finally, we look at some of the most pressing and burning issues in Africa and the international community.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 1, 2021 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 issues covered over the last month involving developments in Ethiopia, Haiti, Cuba, the United States, among other topics. The Pan-African News Wire is a seven day a week and twenty-four hour per day electronic media service designed to foster intelligent discussions on the affairs of African people around the world. In the second hour we begin our month-long commemoration of Black August which recognizes the legacy of resistance by African people to enslavement, colonialism, capitalism, imperialism, racism and neo-colonialism. We look back at the history and significance of the Haitian Revolution through a rare archival interview with C.L.R. James conducted in 1970. Finally, we review some of the leading news stories in Africa and internationally.

Listen to the Sat. July 31, 2021 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 statistics released this week indicating that only 1.6% of people on the African continent have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern over the African Union (AU) Commission Chair granting observer status to the Israeli government; Ethiopian scholars are calling for military action to end the rebellion by the TPLF in the north of the Horn of Africa state; and the interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan has met with the Foreign Minister of Eritrea to discuss the situation in the neighboring Tigray province of Ethiopia. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the Director General of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) Dr. John Nkengasong on the status of the campaign to defeat the pandemic on the continent. Finally, we reexamine two of the race massacres of 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas and Knoxville, Tennessee.

Listen to the Sun. July 25, 2021 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 that a former lead organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Bob Moses, has died at the age of 86; Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspended parliament amid demonstrations in several cities across the North African state; an Ethiopian academic has accused the United States of destabilizing the Horn of Africa state; and there is a surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as public health officials express frustration over another national wave. In the second hour we hear an address by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the efforts to contain the pandemic and the aftermath of social unrest in the country. Later a panel of experts review recent events in South Africa and the long term implications of the current situation. Finally, we examine other issues impacting the African continent and the world.

Listen to the Sat. July 24, 2021 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 declaration by the West African state of Sierra Leone that the country is abolishing the death penalty; South Africa has restarted its COVID-19 vaccination program just one week after unrest occurred in two provinces; Tanzania has received its first batch of one million doses of coronavirus vaccines after a long delay; and the United States has launched two airstrikes in Somalia over the last several days. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) on the African Union (AU) attempts to vaccinate the population against the pandemic. In the final hour we analyze the recent events in South Africa along with other issues impacting the continent and the world.

Listen to the Sun. July 18, 2021 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 how the Republic of South Africa commemorated Nelson Mandela Day inside the country; Sudan continues to face uncertain economic times amid inflation and shortages; Zimbabwe says that it is prepraring to receive more vaccines to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic impacting Southern Africa; and Mozambique is facing a shortage of vaccines as the fight against the pandemic intensifies. In the second hour we examine in detail the recent unrest in South Africa as President Cyril Ramaphosa visits areas hit by the disorder. The president then delivers a national address in honor of the birthday of the late founder of modern South Africa, former President Nelson R. Mandela. Finally, we hear reports on events taking place throughout the continent and the world.

Listen to the Sat. July 17, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the aftermath of the unrest in the Republic of South Africa where the government and other political and labor forces are working to stabilize the country; Burkina Faso is still battling rebel groups amid other social and economic challenges; the wife of the slain Haitian President Jovenal Moise has returned to the troubled Caribbean island-nation; and the United States says it has exported its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the African continent. In the second and third hours we look in-depth at the circumstances surrounding the recent unrest in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa and other political leaders are visiting impacted areas in an effort to calm the uncertainty within the population of 60 million people.

Listen to the Sun. July 11, 2021 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the continuing political and security crisis in the Caribbean nation of Haiti; President Felipe Nyusi of Mozambique has praised the example set by the Communist Party of China on the centenary of its founding; the Ethiopian government has announced a landslide victory for the Prosperity Party of the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the recent elections; and UNICEF has reported that a million Palestinian children are facing dire circumstances based upon the Israeli siege of the oppressed population. In the second hour we examine further the present situation in Haiti. We also listen to an address delivered by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the COVID-19 pandemic level 4 lockdown inside the country. Finally we review some of the major issues facing the African continent and the international community.