Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Fri. June 8, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.  The program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent court ruling in South Africa which awarded control over legendary artist Miriam Makeba's music to her family; the Lake Chad region is experiencing horrendous food deficits particularly among children; the Boko Haram Islamist group is still striking out at civilians and military personnel in northeastern Nigeria; and more Somalians are being displaced in the Horn of Africa region. In the second hour we listen to a rebroadcast of an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, the host of this program, which aired on June 7 over the Progressive Radio Network (PRN) discussing the social crisis in the state of Michigan involving water, poverty, housing and education. Finally we continue our monthlong focus on Black Music Month with the second part of an audio documentary on Ruby Elzy.

Listen to the Thurs. June 7, 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 continuing political instability in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia; Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has paid a visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) where he met with Marshall Kim Jong un; an Albanian immigrant who is a United States ctizen had $58,000 seized by customs officers while he was boarding a plane to his home country; and Zimbabwe officials have held further discussions with their British counterparts on the prospects of reentering the Commonwealth group of nations. During the second and third hours we will continue our monthlong commemoration of Black Music Month with focuses on Otis Redding and Ruby Elzy.

Listen to the Wed. June 6, 2018 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 preparations underway for the upcoming national elections in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; African Americans are still subjected to arbitrary arrests, beatings and deaths at the hands of United States law-enforcement; the South African Communist Party (SACP) has issued a statement on the current situation inside the country;  and Nicaraguan police have ended a church siege in this Central American state. In the second and third hours we begin our monthlong commemoration of Black Music Month with a special focus on Aretha Franklin and John Coltrane.

Listen to the Mon. May 28, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwde 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 polls in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela resulting in the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro; the Congress of South African Trade Unions Central Executive Committee has issued a statement in the aftermath of its meeting; the African Union Commission Chair says that this year's Africa Day focused on the need to end corruption; the aftermath of primary elections in Zimbabwe indicate the need for adherence to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocols. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong focus on African Liberation. We highlight the role of AFRICOM and the plight of modern day African states. Finally we review the Haitian Revolution through an interview with historian Gerald Horne about his book the Black Jacobins.

Listen to the Sun. May 27, 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 developments in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe where current President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a reconciliation process inside the ruling ZANU-PF party; the government in the East African state of Kenya has encouraged African Union member-states to work toward the building of infrastructure in their respective territories; China has declared that it will continue its partnership with African nations; and a vaccine targeting the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is being tested in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the aftermath of the reporting of several new cases of the dreaded ailment. In the second and third hours we extend our monthlong commemoration of Africa Liberation Day, the 55th anniversary of the formation of the OAU, later becoming the AU. In these segments we look at the contributions of Kwame Nkrumah, Samora Machel and Malcolm X.

Listen to the Sun. May 20, 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 Egyptian role in the foreign minister's meeting in Algeria to discuss the current security situation in Libya; Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has met with his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby to work on the development of a free trade zone; South Sudan has put forward the terms for unity talks among the various SPLM factions; and international health organizations are continuing to monitor the new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the second and third hours we present the next chapter in our monthlong commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU). We look back at the imperialist plot surrounding the political assassination of Congolese Pan-Africanist leader Patrice Lumumba. Finally we review the intervention of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) and the-then newly formed Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) in the Congo crisis during 1964.

Listen to the Sat. May 19, 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 further the consolidation of sovereignty by the People's Republic of China over the South Sea Islands; there have been new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent weeks; the South African foreign minister Lindiwe Sisulu has warned of a renewed threat of nuclear war; and the Republic of Namibia has signed an agreement for the exploitation of uranium in this Southern African state. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong tribute to African Liberation Day where this year marks the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU). In this episode we focus on the contributions of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) to the struggle for African unity across the world.

Listen to 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 local governmental elections in the North African state of Tunisia; an Egyptian woman has established a radio program on the plight of her divorced counterparts; conditions for migrants in Libya continue to be in a deplorable status; and the Vatican has called for peace in the Central African Republic. In the second and third hours we will launch our monthlong tribute to Africa Liberation Day in honor of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU). We will listen to audio files on the life, times and contributions of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister and president of the West African state of Ghana.

Listen to the Sat. April 28, 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 current political and economic situation in the Southern African state of Angola; the parliament in the West African state of Nigeria has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for purchasing warplanes from the United States without the approval of the legislative body of this oil rich state; a report has been published by the Pentagon justifying its disastrous intervention in Niger which resulted in the deaths of four Green Berets; and demonstrations have continued in Togo demanding the resignation of the neo-colonial backed regime inside the country. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. Also this episode will feature a classic interview with African American scholar, artist and activist Paul L. Robeson, Sr. from 1958.

Listen to the Sun. April 22, 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 recent nurses strike in the Republic of Zimbabwe in Southern Africa; Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has warned of the potential for war with the United States; Syrian military forces have continued their advances against western-backed rebel units; and a Palestinian academic has been assassinated in Malaysia. In the second and third hours we focus on the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. whose 50th anniversary martyrdom is being commemorated this month. Also the 120th birthday of Paul Robeson, Sr. took place on April 9. We will have audio files of these two historic figures in the African American liberation movement.