Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 29, 2017 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 rising racial tension in the United States as exemplified in the events in Middle Tenneesee on Oct. 28; the Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has reshuffled the defense and security apparatus in the aftermath of what appeared to be an attack by an Islamist group in the north of the Southern African state; hundreds of citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been deported from neighboring Angola; and an editorial has been published in a leading Kenyan newspaper warning of the dangers of heightening ethnic tensions in the East African state. In the second and third hours we review the legacy of the Black Panther Party in light of the 51st anniversary of its founding.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 29, 2017 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 of Mozambique that it will lower interests rates in the Southern African state; Angola is embarking upon a crackdown on what the state describes as illegal vendors in the capital of Luanda; Burundi has officially withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Netherlands; Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has overwhelmingly won in the rerun of the elections annuled by the Supreme Court last month. In the second and third hours we will commemorate the 51st anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The legacy of the BPP still remains relevant in the United States today in light of continuing repression, oppression and exploitation of the African American people by the captialist system.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 22, 2017 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 interview with the Southern African Development Community Executive Secretary who discussed economic challenges in the sub-continent; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has returned from a successful mission to the South American state of Uruguay where he attended a World Health Organization (WHO) conference on non-communicable diseases; the current situation in Africa has much bearing on the publication and marketing of literature; and United States Africa Command operations in the region has come to light as a result of the killing of several Green Berets in the West African state of Niger. In the second hour we rebroadcast an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe aired originally over the Progressive Radio Network. Finally we continue our monthlong commemoration of the martyrdom of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara through an audio documentary on Cuba ten years after the triumph of the revolution.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 21, 2017 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 Togo security forces killings of three people during mass demonstrations against the Gnassingbe regime; the Communist Party of China has held its 19th Congress where President Xi Jinping was re-elected as the leader of ruling party; South African President Jacob Zuma has reshuffled his cabinet ahead of the upcoming African National Congress elective conference in December; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been appointed as an ambassador of goodwill by the United Nations Conference on Infectious Diseases in Uruguay. In the second hour we continue our focus on 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Che Guevara looking at the role of ABC anchor Lisa Howard in the early 1960s. Finally we rebroadcast an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe aired earlier in the week over Radio 786 Cape Town on the Editor's Roundtable program.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 15, 2017 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 warning by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for foreign powers to refrain from interference in the internal affairs of this East African state; President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia has declared three days of mourning in the aftermath of two bomb blasts on Oct. 14 which killed over 270 people in the capital of Mogadishu; a leader of the southern separatist movement in Yemen has called for a referendum on seccession; and reports indicate that the ISIS fighters occupying the Syrian city of Raqaa have been granted permission to evacuate by the United States backed SDF group. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara. These final segments look at the role of the U.S. in its decades-long war to overthrow the Cuban Revolution.

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 14, 2017 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 international commemerations being held in Cuba to honor the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara; President Jacob Zuma of the Republic of South Africa is to embark upon a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo; the West African state of Ghana is set to sale over one billion dollars in bonds to ostensibly settle debt involving the energy sector; and the Nigeria Youth Service Corp could be a mechanism to assist in the ending of the political agitations now plaguing the continent's most populous state. In the second hour we continue our monthlong focus on the life, times and contributions of Che with another audio documentary on his revolutionary legacy., Finally, we reexamine the death of former United Nations Secretary General Dag Hamerjoeld which has been shrouded in mystery over the last five decades.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 8, 2017 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 announcements about the status of vendors in the cities and the possible cabinet reshuffle in the ZANU-PF administration; Zambia's Central Bank Governor has given an interview on the current situation in the copper mining industry in this Southern African state; the newly-elected president of Angola Joao Lourenco has held talks with Cuban First Vice President Migel Diaz-Canal in Luanda; and a fierce shoot-out in Mozambique has resulted in the deaths of fourteen people. In the second hour we continue our monthlong tribute to Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his martyrdom examining the reflections of Commandante Fidel Castro and the son of Che Guevara. Also we review the role of Cuba in the total liberation of the sub-continent. Finally, the United Nations General Assembly 72nd Session address by President Hage Geingob of the Republic of Namibia is rebroadcast..

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 7, 2017 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 South African governmental investigations into possible irregularities in the national pension system, KPMG and Standard Bank; several United States troops were killed this week in the West African state of Niger while on a supposed anti-terrorism mission with the local military; the Communist Party of China is making preparation for its 19th Congress; and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting a rise in economic growth in the coming year. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong tribute to the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara. We will review a disucssion held between Che, the-then Minister of Economic Planning in Revolutionary Cuba, and several Left wing journalists in New York City during December 1964. Finally we listen to an audio documentary on the life, times and contributions of this legendary figure in world history.

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 1, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the call by Togolese opposition forces for renewed mass demonstrations inside this West African state; tensions have escalated in Cameroon where clashes between separatists and security has resulted in several deaths; the Yemeni resistance forces have announced that they shot down a United States fighter plane piloted by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); and disturbances continue in Catalon as the Spanish government shut down an election seeking independence from Madrid. In the second hour we begin a monthlong tribute to Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his martyrdom. Finally we reexamine the historical underpinning of the Boko Haram war in northeast Nigeria.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 30, 2017 edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming 50th anniversary commemorations of the martyrdom of Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara; United States President Donald Trump has generated more controversy with his attacks on the mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico; a cabinet secretary in the U.S. administration has been terminated after newspaper articles appeared accusing him of extravagent usage of travel priviliges; and finally the East Africa government of Tanzania is allowing the export of diamonds by the Petras corporation. In the second hour we continue our examination of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly with an address by the foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. Finally we present a rebroadcast of a Global Research News Hour program from 2015 examining the historical and political context of the U.S.-backed war against the people of Yemen..