Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. July 10, 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 assassination of the President of Haiti, Jovenal Moise, while he was at his residence in the capital of the Caribbean state; South Africa is continuing to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with a concentration of cases in the Gauteng province; many people in Mali are elated over the news that France is drawing down its military forces in the Sahel; and there has been another car bombing in the capital of Somalia where several people were killed. In the second hour we look closer at the situation in Haiti and the theories behind who is responsible for the attack on the late president. Finally, we listen to a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control on the fight against the pandemic on the continent.

Listen to the Sun. July 4, 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 Zimbabwe government's announcement that it is battling the further spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19; Ethiopia continues to explain its withdrawal from the Tigray region which was taken over in November of last year by the central government; several Malian soldiers were ambushed and killed inside the unstable West African state; and France has reversed its earlier announcement about a downsizing of its military forces in the Sahel. In the second hour we hear a panel discussion on the life, times and contributions of anti-lynching fighter and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) who has just had a monument erected in Chicago in her honor. Finally, we examine some of the current events on the African continent and internationally

Listen to the Sat. July 3, 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on the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Tunisia; Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have withdrawn their troops from the Tigray region of the Horn of Africa state; protests inside the Southern African state of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland) has drawn international attention; and a monument to the life, times and contributions of Ms. Ida B. Wells-Barnett was unveiled earlier in the week. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. Finally, we examine some of the news events on the African continent and internationally.

Listen to the Sun. June 27, 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 announcement by the government in Zimbabwe that it has secured another half million doses of the COVID-19 sinopharm vaccine from China; Ethiopia has completed an election amid attempts by western countries to interfere in the internal affairs of the Horn of Africa state; ministers from across Africa have met in Cameroon to discuss the need for affordable housing across the continent; and over 100 migrants have been captured off the coast of Tunisia. In the second and third hours we conclude our programming for Black Music Month with focuses on the life, times and contributions of John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix.

Listen to the Sat. June 26, 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 surge in COVID-19 cases in several African states; Madagascar is facing potential famine due to the drought in the southern region of the country; several German soldiers were wounded in an attack in the West African state of Mali; and the collapse of a building in Florida illustrates the need for infrastructural repair in the United States. In the second hour we hear a briefing from the Director General of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the status of coronavirus cases and vaccinations across the continent. In the final hour we continue our Black Music Month commemorations with a focus on Cesaria Evora, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin.

Listen to the Sun. June 20, 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 announcement by the Ethiopian government that land has been prepared for agricultural production in the restive Tigray region; a recently released article says that the African continent has not reached a 10 percent investment level in agriculture; Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has again spoken out on the need to democratize multi-lateral organizations; and the Angolan state is battling an upsurge in Malaria infections. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on Black Music Month with examinations of the contributions of Willie McTell and Rosetta Tharp.

Listen to the Sat. June 19, 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 continental tributes being paid to former Zambian co-founder and President Kenneth Kaunda; Malawi is reporting that the country has depleted its supply of coronavirus vaccines; Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has made an appeal to maintain the national unity of the Horn of Africa state; Sudan and South Sudan are still discussing border demarcations some eight years after the partition. In the second hour we explore the life, times and contributions of the President Kenneth Kaunda. Finally, we continue our focus on Black Music Month with examinations of the works of Dinah Washington and Willie Mae Thornton.

Listen to the Sun. June 13, 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 efforts by Egypt and Sudan to force an United Nations agreement with Ethiopia over the operations of the Grand Renaissance Dam Project (GERD); an Islamic Party in Algeria is claiming victory in the national parliamentary elections even though the government has not announced any definitive results; the Palestinian resistance movements have criticized United States Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for statements made regarding the character of the struggle for liberation; and there has been a reaction to the appointment of another Israeli prime minister less than a month after the declaration of a ceasefire in the latest round of military operations. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of Black Music Month with focuses on Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker.

Listen to the Sat. June 12, 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 criticism levelled against the G7 Summit in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in England where the leaders of the capitalist world pledged one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccines; the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, is reporting that coronavirus cases are overwhelming the hospital system in this Central African state; Nigerian police have dispersed demonstrators protesting the insecurity inside the country; and South African officials are analyzing the safety concerns related to the J&J vaccines imported to address the pandemic now in a third wave. In the second hour we will listen to the weekly briefing by the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Director General Dr. John Nkengasong. Finally, we continue our focus on Black Music Month with additional examinations of the contributions of Art Tatum and Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Listen to the Sun. June 6, 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 injuring of several people in Somalia by an explosion in the capital of Mogadishu; Ethiopia is planning to vaccinate two million people against cholera in the northern Tigray region of the Horn of Africa state; United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the killing of over 100 people in the West African state of Burkina Faso; and in the United States unrest has erupted again in the city of Minneapolis in the aftermath of the slaying of an African American by Federal Marshals. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the annual Black Music Month commemorations where we examine the life, times and contributions of pianists Art Tatum and Phineas Newborn, Jr.