Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. May 12, 2019 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 recently-held national parliamentary and presidential elections in the Republic of South Africa where the ruling African National Congress (ANC) won the poll by a more than 2 to 1 margin; Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is looking forward to continuiing to work with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; a Nigerian militia has liberated hundreds of children kidnapped by the Boko Haram group in the north of the country; and another attack took place at a Catholic Church in Burkina Faso. In the second and third hours we rebroadcast interviews with host Abayomi Azikiwe from KPFA's Africa Today and Leid Stories on the Progressive Radio Network from Aug.-Sept. 2018.

Listen to the Sun. May 5, 2019 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 opening of a new United States embassy in the Republic of Zimbabwe; South Africans are preparing for national parliamentary and presidential elections on May 8; Sudan military and opposition figures are still in negotiations about establishing a joint governing council in the aftermath of the recent coup against former President Omer Hassan al-Bashir; Venezuela has defeated yet another attempt by Washington to destabilize the South American state. During the second and third hours we examine in detail the upcoming elections in South Africa some quarter century after the first non-racial democratic elections.

Listen to the Sat. April 27, 2019 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 upcoming national parliamentary and presidential elections in the Republic of South Africa where the incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa is campaigning for a resounding ruling party victory for the African National Congress (ANC); the United States Africa Command has launched another round of aerial strikes in the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia; Libya is continuing as a battlefield between counter-revolutionary militias for the control for the capital of Tripoli; the People's Republic of China has held the Second Belt Road Initiative Forum in Beijing. In the second hour we continue our tribute to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Africa on the 47th anniversary of his transition. Finally we commemorate the 25th anniversary of South African Freedom Day with an archived United Nations General Assembly 73rd Ordinary Session address from President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Listen to the Sun. April 21, 2019 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 39th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Southern Africa; the South African national election campaigns are heating up with the African National Congress presidential incumbent Cyril Ramaphosa traveling across the country seeking votes which will continue the government of the ruling party; Egyptians are voting on a referendum to extend the presidency of Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi; and Tunisia has intercepted several Europeans coming into the country from the troubled state of Libya. During the second and third hours we will pay tribute to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Africa, the former Leader of Government Business, Prime Minister and President of the First Republic of Ghana. We will examine some aspects of the life, times and contributions of Nkrumah from the 1940s through the early 1970s when he made his transition on April 27, 1972.

Listen to the Sun. April 7, 2019 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 the Republic of Zimbabwe to normalize relations with the European Union (EU); the African Union Standby Force is getting assistance from the Pentagon; Malawi elections are looming while the security forces have warned against the potential for political violence; and Mozambique is still working to address the monumental humanitarian crisis stemming from Cyclon Idai. In the second and third hours we look at the final weeks of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in recognition of the 51st anniversary of his martyrdom.

Listen to the Sun. March 31, 2019 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 recently-held Arab League Summit in Tunisia where a resolution was passed calling for a Palestinian state and expressing objections to the United States declaration recognizing the Golan Heights in Syria as Israeli territory; Algeria miilitary leaders have called for the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika; damage done by cyclone Idai in Southern Africa is still being assessed while thousands have been reported dislocated and missing; Pope Francis has said that the migration crisis cannot be resolved through the building of walls. As the last entry to our monthlong focus on Women's History with two audio documentaries on Civil Rights leader Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer.

Listen to the Sun. March 24, 2019 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 impact of the cyclone in Southern Africa; the president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa will be attending an upcoming summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC); there are now over 1,000 cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and there are reports of major differences between the Eastern African states of Uganda and Rwanda. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with a special focus on Aretha Franklin who made her transition last August in Detroit. We rebroadcast a special tribute aired over Leid Stories on the day Aretha passed. The final hour rebroadcast an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe on Leid Stories assessing the inspirational legacy of Aretha Franklin in Detroit and beyond.

Listen to the Sat. March 16, 2019 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 water crisis in the capital of the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; Malawi is attempting to recover from a cyclone where people have lost their lives and been dislocated; the government of the Republic of Sudan has been invited to an Africa-Russia meeting to discuss future relations between the two geo-political regions; and Libya is facing futher fighting in the capital of Tripoli some eight years after the counter-revolution engineered by the imperialist states and their allies which toppled the government of Col. Muammar Gaddafi. In the second hour we continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with a focus on the struggle against racist terror through the life and work of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Finally we rebroadcast a Global Research News Hour program featuring host Abayomi Azikiwe discussing the role of African Americans in the movement to end the United States imperialist war against Vietnam.

Listen to the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast for Sat. March 9, 2019 hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming presidential election in the Southern African state of Malawi; the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two major parties have agreed to form a coalition government; the opposition parties in Togo are still struggling to bring democracy to this West African state; and an opposition leader in Cameroon has been indicted for inciting unrest and rebellion in the country. During the second and third hours we will continue our commemoration of Women's History Month with a look back at the movement to abolish slavery and to gain universal suffrage in the 19th century. Also we reexamine the role of students in an early student strike in Virginia as well as a review of the literary contributions of Zora Neale Hurston during the 20th century.

Listen to the Sat. March 2, 2019 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 announcement by the People's Republic of China saying they will forgive debts owed by the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville; Somalia has been hit violence since Thurs, involving the Al-Shabaab group and the national security forces in the capital of Mogadishu; Algerians have taken to the streets in protest against the candidacy of incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika; and Venezuela is continuing battle attempts by the United States to overthrow its elected government led by President Nicolas Maduro. In the second hour we rebroadcast a major address delivered by the president of Venezuela in Sept. at the United Nations General Assembly 73rd Ordinary Session held in New York City. Finally we listen to the second part of an address given by Shirley Graham Du Bois at UCLA in Nov. 1970. This segment is in honor of the beginning of Women's History Month.