Pan-African Journal

Listen to this episode of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the visit of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the East African state of Uganda where he participated in the inauguration of re-elected President Yoweri Museveni; there has been international condemnation of the right-wing political coup in the South American state of Brazil where gains in race relations, women's rights and workers solidarity are being reversed after the suspension of President Dilma Rousseff this week; the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has declared a state of emergency amid claims that the United States is backing a potential military intervention inside the country; and the Cuban government has said that relations with the U.S. cannot improve until the embargo is lifted. In the second hour we will hear a re-broadcast of an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe over a Milwaukee radio station discussing domestic and foreign policy issues. The final hour continues a monthlong tribute to Africa Liberation Day through the honoring of Malcolm X and his views on self-defense, national liberation in the U.S. and the intervention of imperialsm in Congo during 1964.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African News Wire hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on developments in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe where the government is attempting to address the liquidity shortage through the introduction of bond coins; there are reports that an anthrax attack is being planned by IS in East Africa; the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are training youth in Somalia as spies; and two Egyptian journalists are threatened with the death penalty by the al-Sisi regime. During the second hour we will welcome Toronto bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond to discuss the local and federal investigations into the death of African American artisit Prince Rogers Nelson within the context of his long battle with the recording industry. Finally we continue our monthlong commemoration of Africa Liberation Day through excerpts from a speech on the Africa Revolt by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1953 and the attempts by Ghana under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to industrialize this West African state.

Listen to this episode of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the 7th Congress of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK); the North African state of Libya is facing renewed violence from imperialist-backed forces despite efforts by the United Nations to impose a Government of National Accord; the Zimbabwe state is attempting to address the economic crises exemplified in a liquidity shortage; and the African National Congress ruling party in South Africa is preparing for the upcoming local elections across the country. In the second hour we present an audio file of an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe heard on May 3 over the Progressive Radio Network (PRN) where he discusses the turmoil within public education in Detroit and the renewed water shut-offs impacting hundreds of thousands across the majority African American municipality. The final hour begins a monthlong examination of the upcoming 53rd anniversary of Africa Liberation Day representing the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union since 2002.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the celebration of International Workers' Day, May Day, and its history; May Day is being commemorated throughout the world including the Republic of South Africa where COSATU is holding a mass demonstrations in Pretoria and other cities throughout the country; and 15 people have been killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa state of Somalia after a mosque collapsed. In the second hour we present an archived interview with Michelle Alexander speaking about the racialization of the prison industrial complex in the United States. The final hour looks back on the history of African American rebellions in Baltimore in both 1968 and 2015, on the anniversary of the Freddie Grey unrest one year ago.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on a South African court ruling saying that President Jacob Zuma may be charged again with over 800 charges of corruption dropped in 2009; Zimbabwe officials say that industry must be rejuvenated through national efforts; Democratic Republic of Congo artist Papa Wemba has passed after collapsing on stage in Ivory Coast; the Central African Republic may be subjected to a disarmament program through the United Nations; and thousands of demonstrators have disrupted rallies where presidential candidate Donald Trump was speaking in California. In the second hour look at the 22nd anniversary of Freedom Day in South Africa where questions relating to the real meaning of independence and democracy are discussed. Other developments in Africa are also featured in other news reports.

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 reports with dispatches on the intensifying sanctions enacted by the United States government against the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; President Barack Obama has defended former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against protests by Black Lives Matter forces in the U.S. while he is on a state visit to Britain; the most powerful bloc in the Egyptian parliament is aligned with the military-turned-civilian rule of the North African state President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; and the Islamic State in Libya has been reportedly driven out of the eastern city of Derna. In the second hour we will focus on the anti-racist demonstrations which have continued in the U.S. since 2013 prompted by several high-profile killings by police and vigilantes. Finally a review of several news stories taking place on the African continent are presented in further detail.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. During this program we feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the visit of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to the United Nations Millenium Development Goals conference in New York City this week; the presidents of South Africa and Namibia have pledged to strengthen bi-lateral relations between the two sub-continenal states; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has spoken at the UN as well on the plot to illegally remove her from office in the South American nation; and the Cuban Communist Party has concluded its 7th Congress in Havana where both President Raul Castro and former head-of-state Fidel Castro delivered major addresses. In the second hour we pay tribute to Prince, the African American musical innovator and film star who was found dead in his home on April 21. We will look at the battle he waged for years against the corporate record companies demanding just compensation for his creative work. Finally we look back on the 151st anniversary of the conclusion of the United States Civil War which ended in April of 1865.

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 brings you our regular PANW report with dispatches on the economic crisis in Zimbabwe where millions in cash is being importing into the Southern African state to address the liquidity crisis; a security conference is being held in the Horn of Africa state of Ethiopia to discuss the continent and world affairs; we will also examine the impact of the Panama Papers revelations on African Union member-states; and further outrage has erupted in Somalia after AMISOM troops have been involved in the shooting deaths of several civilians in the south of the country. The second hour continues our recognition of the 118th anniversary of the birth of Paul Leroy Robeson by examining his years long friendship with scholar and activist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois. In addition, we will present a news documentary report on the Panama Papers. In the final hour we feature a lecture from the Oxford University series on Africa and the New Media.

Listen to this episode 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 developments in the Republic of South Africa where the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is holding its Manifesto Launch in Port Elizabeth; there has been a prediction that there will be a terrorist attack in more West African states in the near future after similar incidents in Burkina Faso and Mali; estimates suggest that economic growth will continue to decline on the African continent amid the reduction in commodity prices and escalating national debt; and the Communist Party of Cuba is beginning its 7th Congress today in Havana. In the second hour we feature a tribute to Paul Leroy Robeson in honor of his 118th birthday. Finally it has been a full year since the beginning of the United States backed and coordinated war against Yemen where at least 10,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the impact of the Panama Papers in relationship to African Union member-states; the platinum mining sector in Zimbabwe is also discussed in regard to the Panama Papers revelations; Somalian leaders have expressed concern over the resurgent character of al-Shabaab amid the upcoming elections in the Horn of Africa state; and controversy continues over the tenure of South African President Jacob Zuma. The second hour will present a guest interview with bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond discussing the legacy of Roy Heron and Black Lives Matter in Toronto. In the final segment we pay tribute to the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani.