Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. Nov. 4, 2018 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 recent announcement of oil and gas findings in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; a Utah mayor was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the United States National Guard; the Ghana government has closed down hundreds of businesses owned by Nigerians; and a four week-old hotel workers strike has ended in the city of Detroit. In the second and third hours we look back at the struggle against racism in the U.S. throughout an examiniation of the Clinton, Tennessee unrest surrounding desegregation in 1956 and the Selma Voting Rights campaign on early 1965.

Listen to the Sat. Nov. 3, 2018 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 midterm United States elections and its implications for the future; there are major security risks for journalists on the African continent which have been highlighted over the last week; Nigerian opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has hired a former Trump consultant to assist in the upcoming national elections for 2019; Tunisia has held discussions with Italy over the plight of migrants. In the second hour we look at the three-and-a-half years long U.S.-engineered war against Yemen throughout a rebroadcast of a program from 2015 produced by Global Research News Hour. Finally we look back at the 39th anniversary of the liberation of former Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army (BLA) member Assata Shakur.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 21, 2018 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 the Republic of Zimbabwe government to address the economic crisis inside the country; Somalia is still plagued by attacks from the Al-Shabaab Islamic guerrila group; Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has committed the military to remain mobilized against Al-Shabaab; and the Ethiopian goverment recently signed a peace agreement with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). In the second hour we hear an address from host Abayomi Azikiwe on the phenomenon of mass incarceration for profit in the United States. Later we continue our monthlong focus on the life, times and contributions of Cuban-Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. Finally we look back at the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense through a speech delivered by the-then Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver in San Francisco during Oct. 1968.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 20, 2018 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-announced agreement in the Union of Comoros which will halt the violence that has wracked the country over the last week; one of South Africa's largest labor organizations the National Education and Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) has settled their dispute with the SASSA and is focusing on other sectors; Zimbabwe is concentrating on efforts to halt the worsening economic situation inside the Southern African state; and the North African state of Egypt is looking back at the 45th anniversary of the Oct. 1973 war with Israel. In the second hour we continue our focus on the life, times and contributions of Cuban-Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. We will listen to a rare archived audio file of a meeting between Che and leftist journalists in the United States in Dec. 1964. Finally we focus on the history of the Black Panther Party through two speeches by Stokely Carmichael at UCLA in May 1967 and Eldridge Cleaver at SFSC in 1968.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 14, 2018 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 the Republic of Zimbabwe government to raise revenue and halt inflation; Eritea and Cameroun have been appointed to the United Nationa Human Rights Council; Angolan authorities have denied allegations that the military is responsible for the deaths of Congolese refugees; and in southeast Nigeria an oil pipeline explosion has killed 50 people. In the second and third hours we continue our tribute to Cuban-Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara on the 51st anniversary of his martyrdom. We look at the life, times and contirubtions of Che to the Cuban and world revolutions.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 13, 2018 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 charges of voter suppression in the state of Georgia where an African American woman Stacey Abrahms is running for governor; the government in the Republic of Zimbabwe is taking measures to halt the inflationary trend inside the country; the African Union and the United Nations have reaffirmed their support for the peace process in the Republic of South Sudan; and the AU is looking at a program to guarantee healthcare to people on the continent. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to the legendary Ernesto Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. We look back at media coverage of the Cuban Revolution during the first five years of the transformational process.

Listen to this 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 centenary of the African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Albertina Sisulu; Zimbabwe has put forward an economic development plan in the effort to build the nation towards self-reliance and prosperity; Nigerian President Mahammadu Buhari has been renominated to run for office again in 2019; and African women are responding to the #metoo online movement which originated in the West. In the second hour we look back at the historic speech delivered by Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) at the University of California at Berkeley in Oct. 1966 on the-then burgeoning Black Power Movement. In the final hour we hear additional speeches from the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United National General Assembly held last month in New York City. In this episode we listen to the address from President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 6, 2018 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 adoption of new immigration regulations in the Republic of South Africa which could lead to deportations; the government of Eritrea has outlined the negative impact of sanctions leveled against the Horn of Africa state; the Republic of Namibia will begin a nationwide discussion on land reform inside this Southern African state; and Egypt is looking back at the 45th anniversary of the Oct. 1973 war against Egypt. In the second and third hours we continue to review the addresses delivered at the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In this episode we hear from the Presidents of Bolivia, Kenya, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 30, 2018 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 calling off of the strike by Nigerian labor leaders demanding an increase in the minimum wage; Horn of Africa leaders make a case at the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly for the lifting of sanctions against Eritrea; the Democratic Republic of Congo is still working to eradicate the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); and Kenya business leaders have pledged to assist the government in reducing its national debt. During the second and third hours we continue to review the addresses delivered during the debate at the United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York City. In this episode we hear from the presidents of Zimbabwe, Namibia and Venezuela.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 29, 2018 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.This program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming national conference on land reform in the Southern African state of the Republic of Namibia; Rwandan President Paul Kagame has addressed the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on the role of Africa in the world today; Zimbabwe is continuing to fight the cholera epidemic which has killed 49 people; and the Republic of South Africa reported a trade surplus in the month of August amid the recent declaration of a technical recession. In the second and third hours we listen to the speeches delivered during the 73rd UNGA from the leaders of Cuba, Palestine and South Africa.