Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. March 28, 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 exploration for oil and natural gas resources taking place in Zimbabwe where President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the finding are strategic; Sudan has signed agreements with rebel groups which have been at war for years with the central government; Russia has offered to assist Egypt in dislodging a megaship now blocking the Suez Canal; and South African Minister of Higher Education Dr. Blade Nzimande has spoken out about the property destruction carried out recently at several universities. In the second hour we rebroadcast a recent episode of Global Research News Hour which included an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe discussing the tenth anniversary of the Pentagon-NATO war against Libya.

Listen to the Sat. March 27, 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 announcement by Republic of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa that there are explorations taking place related to the search for oil and natural gas resources inside the country; Somalia has warned the international community about any attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the Horn of Africa state; women in Ghana are participating in projects aimed at enhancing economic development; and the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea held bilateral talks on the relations between the two countries. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination efforts internationally. Finally, we continue our focus on International Women's History Month by looking back on research involving African American women and the workforce.

Listen to the Sun. March 21, 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 continental mourning of former Tanzanian President John Magufuli who passed away several days ago; hundreds of young people are joining the ruling party in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; sectional conflict is continuing in the southern regions of Ethiopia amid growing interference from the United States; and African migrants are still losing their lives in the Mediterranean in attempts to relocate in Europe. In the second hour we review news reports from Africa and the international community. Finally, we continue our focus on International Women's History Month through an audio documentary on the life and times of Ruby Elzy.

Listen to the Sat. March 20, 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 swearing in of the first woman president of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, who took office in the aftermath of the death of former President John Magufuli; the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe has taken a COVID-19 vaccination to encourage others to follow inside the country; Ethiopia has encouraged the opposition TPLF party to surrender peacefully in order to avoid further instability in the Horn of Africa state; and the Sudanese foreign minister has travelled to the Union of Comoros for diplomatic discussions. In the second hour we hear a briefing from the Director General of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the international vaccination programs aimed at ending the pandemic. Finally, we continue our monthlong focus on Women's History with further discussions on the life, times and contributions of African American organizer Ella Baker.

Listen to the Sun. March 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 our regular PANW report with dispatches on the efforts of the Zimbabwe government to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 infections; the Ethiopian government has vehemently denied that it is carrying out "ethnic cleansing" in the northern Tigray region of the Horn of Africa state; Somalia has been urged by the United Nations Security Council to work out difficulties associated with the stalled national elections; Tunisia has begun the innoculation of people with the Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19; and the United Nations is deploying an additional 3,700 peacekeeping troops to the Central African Republic (CAR). In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the status of vaccination projects internationally. Finally, we continue our focus on Women's History Month with a rare archival interview with Civil Rights and Human Rights organizer Ella Baker.

Listen to the Sun. March 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 Zimbabwe government's initiative to vaccinate teachers against the COVID-19 virus inside the country; the Horn of Africa state of Ethiopia has now began its nationwide coronavirus vaccination program as well; unrest is continuing in the West African state of Senegal where reportedly five people have been killed in unrest pitting the government against opposition forces; and in Equatorial Guinea an explosion has taken place in the major municipality of the oil-rich state. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to International Women's History Month with reexaminations of the role of women from the periods enslavement, the civil war, to emancipation and the struggle for liberation. We look at historical figures such as Lucy Parsons, Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Listen to the Sat. March 6, 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 encouragement by the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa, for all eligible groups to take the COVID-19 vaccines now available inside the country; the number of people killed in a bomb explosion in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia has now reached 20; the United Nations Security Council has failed to reach agreement on a resolution related to the security situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; and demonstrations are continuing in the West African state of Senegal over the arrest of an opposition leader. In the second hour we listen to a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing from Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. Finally, we review a number of important events taking place across the African continent and the world.

Listen to the Sun. Feb. 28, 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 by the Zimbabwe government that it is gearing up its ambitious vaccination program for COVID-19; Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the country would welcome international technical support in addressing allegations of human rights violations; Eritrea has rejected accusations of involvement in massacres in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia; and Nigeria has welcomed the release of some of the students abducted over the last several weeks. In the second hour we examine a series of developments taking place around the African continent and globally. Finally, we conclude our African American History Month commemorations with another focus on the life, times and contributions of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz).

Listen to the Sat. Feb. 27, 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 administration of COVID-19 vaccines among first responders in Zimbabwe; the South African military is monitoring the security situation in northern Mozambique; Haiti is the scene of a prison break where hundreds of inmates were able to escape from detention; and Nigeria is still being plagued by the proliferation of kidnappings. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the status of the pandemic internationally. Finally, we continue our commemoration of African American History Month with reflections on the life, times and contributions of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz).

Listen to the Sun. Feb. 21, 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 expected arrival in a few days of another 600,000 COVID-19 vaccines to the Republic of Zimbabwe; the West African state of Niger is undergoing a national elections to determine the political future of the energy-rich country; the Algerian government has announced the release of prisoners while dissolving the existing government in preparation for elections; and a border dispute is continuing between Ethiopia and Sudan. In the second hour we listen to a recent briefing by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairperson Keith Rowley on the situation involving COVID-19 internationally. Finally, we acknowledge African American History Month with a tribute to Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) on the 56th anniversary of his martyrdom.