Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. Jan. 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 recent military mutiny in the West African state of Ivory Coast; the Zimbabwe government is intensifyinig its efforts to halt an outbreak of typhoid that has struck the capital of Harare; the ruling African National Congress is preparing to celebrate its 105th anniversary on Jan. 8; and the Syrian government is working with neighboring states to eradicate the threat of terrorism inside this Middle Eastern country. In the second and third hours we are continuing our commemoration of the upcoming 88th birthday of the Civil Rights and Antiwar martyr Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will review the mass struggle for an end to segregation in Birmingham during 1963 and the historic Walk to Freedom in Detroit on June 23 of that year.

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 United Nations review of its programs in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; the press in the People's Republic of China has speculated on the political implications of the upcoming Trump administration and its potential influence on relations between Beijing and Moscow; professional football player Colin Kaepernick has been given a prestigious award by his colleagues in the industry; and finally there has been another attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul resulting in three dozen deaths. In the second hour we look at the impact of the United States government's counter-intelligence program of the 1960s and 1970s. Finally we focus on the upcoming 88th birthday of Civil Rights and Antiwar martyr Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 31, 2016 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 Russia and United States renewed Cold War on the Southern African Development Community (SADC); the current international oil glut has impacted the Republic of Angola in the sub-continent; the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission is currently investing a financial deal involving a project in the Southern African state of Mozambique; and the war in Somalia is continuing into its tenth year with some countries like Burundi threatening to withdraw from AMISOM. In the second hour we will hear a rare historic address by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the National Conference for New Politics held in Chicago during Labor Day weekend in 1967. Finally we look back at one of the major news stories of 2016 that being the Flint water debacle along with ongoing Detroit economic crisis.

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 crash of the Russian TU-154 aircraft after leaving Sochi leaving 92 reportedly dead on board. The aircraft was said by Pravda.ru to be heading to Syria to perform for Russian military forces operating inside the country. An editorial has appeared in the Zimbabwe Sunday Mail discussing next steps after the conclusion of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front Party 16th National People's Conference held recently in Masvingo; the Nigerian government has announced that it has effectively cleared the Boko Haram group from its last stronghold near the Sambisa Forest in the northeast; and finally Republic of Sudan President announced an end to hostilities with rebel groups. In the second hour we continue with the fourth installment of the Dr. Martin Luther Kiing, Jr. Massey Lectures delivered over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in December 1967. In the final segment we continue with our review of the life, times and contributions of Comandanate en Jefe President Dr. Fidel Castro who passed away last month in Cuba at the age of 90.

Listen to the Dec. 24, 2016 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 political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo where opposition forces have staged protests demanding the resignation of President Joseph Kabila; a Libyan airline was hijacked to Malta on Dec. 23 by supporters of the Al-Fateh Revolution of September 1, 1969 which was led by the martyred leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi; a Tunisian man was shot dead by Italian police who say he was responsible for a lorry attack in Berlin earlier in the week; and President-elect Donald Trump has stated that his administration will continue the nuclear arms race started by the United States during World War II. In the second hour we will listen to the third installment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Massey Lectures delivered over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in December 1967, just four months prior to his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Finally we will review the origins of political instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo when the first elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was overthrown and assassinated at the aegis of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1960-61.

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 includes our regular PANW report with dispatches on the concluding day of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front Party (ZANU-PF) 16th National People's Conference held in Masvingo; there has been new projects related to the discovery of oil reserve off the coast of Somalia; the Tanzania government is supporting the selection of the Kenyan foreign minister as the upcoming African Union Commission Chairperson; and Iran is requesting a reconvening of the international negotiating team which agreed upon the Nuclear deal signed last year. In the second we will hear the second installment of the 1967 Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in November and December of 1967. In the final hour we will listen a rebroadcast of Global Research News Hour on the passing of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The program includes an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe.

Listen to this 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 situation in Aleppo, Syria where the government is reporting breaches by the armed opposition in the evacuation process; the Chinese state has outlined its economic agenda for 2017 with plans to reform aspects of its national planning; the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front Party (ZAU-PF) is conducting its National People's Conference in Masvingo; and South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he is "ready to rule" inside the country being supported by many as the next leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. In the second hour we will hear an address by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the former president of the First Republic of Ghana, founder of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the creator of modern Africa on the role of African liberation fighters. In the third hour we will hear the first installment of the historic Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during November-December 1967. Finally we will hear an address by Ms. Ella Baker, the ideological founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), delivered in 1968 in New York City at a gathering of the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF).

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 upcoming Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front  Party (ZANU-PF) National Conference where the emphasis will be on the need for the revilization of the economy within the Southern African state; the Venezuelan government has seized toys being horded by opposition forces so they can be distributed to children during the holiday season; another bomb attack has taken place in Turkey in the city of Istanbul; and the Syrian military is continuing to liberate areas previously controlled by United States backed rebels in and around the ancient city of Aleppo. In the second hour we continue to focus on the Cuban Revolution with rare audio files of former Minister of Economic Planning Ernesto Che Guevara when he visited the United Nations in Dec. 1964. In the final hour there are more audio files on the history of the Revolution and its leader Comandante en Jefe President Fidel Castro Ruz.

Listen to this 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 reports on the current military and political situation in the Middle Eastern state of Syria; the Trump administration has nominated a oil magnate from ExxonMobil to be Secretary of State; the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the results of the recent elections saying they were rigged; and the conservative New Patriotic Party (NPP) of Ghana has won the elections in the West African state defeating the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In the second hour we will focus on the 61st anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56 with audio files of Mrs,. Rosa Parks and others involved in that historic struggle. In the final segment we continue our reflections on the life, times and contributions of Comandante en Jefe President Fidel Castro with a rebroadcast of the Global Research News Hour out of Canada.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program continues our focus on the life, times and contributions of Comandante en Jefe President Fidel Castro. We look at the response to Fidel's passing by Solly Mapaila, the Deputy Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who discusses the decades-long fraternal relations between the SACP and the African National Congress (ANC) with the Cuban Communist Party (CCP). In the remaining segements we review developments within the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to 1974.