Pan-African Journal

Listen to the edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program features the regular PANW reports with dispatches on the increasing political tensions between the Russian Federation and the United States over the apparent failure of a 15-year-old plan for the recycling of excess weapons-grade plutonium utilizing a mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility in South Carolina; Egypt is continuing relationship relationship with Saudi Arabia through economic planning and military interventions backed by Washington; the transitional process in South Sudan aimed at bringing peace between the rival factions within the SPLA-M/A in an ongoing process amid the continuation of United Nations sanctions against targeted individuals; and the Horn of Africa state of Djibouti has re-elected President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In the second hour we re-broadcast an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe aired on April 7 over the Community Progressive Radio News. Finally we look at the role of anti-racist demonstrations in impacting the outcome of the primary and caucuses process in this election year in the U.S

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports presenting dispatches on events in Zimbabwe where President Robert Mugabe has just returned from an official visit to Japan after signing deals with the Asian nation aimed at development projects inside this Southern African state; the United Nations peacekeeping scandals in the Central African Republic continue to garner international press coverage over allegations of abuse and assault against women; politicians in the east of Libya are threatening to break away from the fractured country amid the imposition of a new so-called 'unity' regime in Tripoli; and the security situation in Tunisia is being impacted by the ongoing instability in neighboring Libya. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the assassination of Civil Rights and Anti-War leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will focus on the last days of King's life in Memphis and the tumultuous events afterwards involving rebellions in cities across the United States.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events surrounding the pledge by South African President Jacob Zuma to pay some of the costs related to upgrades on his residence at Nkandla; there has been another death associated with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia months after the West African state was delcared free of the outbreak by the World Health Organization (WHO); the jobless rate in the United States rose by one-tenth of a percent during the month of March; and thousands of members of the Chicago Teachers Union staged a one-day strike along with mass demonstration through downtown demanding equitable salaries and working conditions. In the second and third hours we will commemorate the 48th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. During the course of these segments we focus on King's growing opposition to the war of genocide waged by the U.S. government against the people of Vietnam in 1967-68 along with one of his last sermons delivered on March 31, 1968 just five days before his martyrdom.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the efforts by the Zimbabwe government to address the food crisis inside this Southern African state; in the West African state of Cameroon there is a burgeoning debate over whether President Paul Biya should stand for elections to serve another term of office; the King of Jordan has claimed that fighters from Al-Shabaab are streaming into the North African state of Libya;  and finally a memorial service has been held for Nigerian Marxist scholar Eskor Toyo in Rivers State. In the second and third hours we conclude our monthlong focus on International Women's History through examinations of Billie Holiday, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer and Shirley Chisholm.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the United States President Barack Obama's visit to the revolutionary Caribbean island-nation of Cuba; the European Union migrant crisis has taken on a new dimension with the attempt to halt movement from North Africa and the Middle East to Greece; the Pentagon has announced a plan for the escalation of troop presence in Iraq; and one of the rival regimes occupying the capital of Libya has delcared a state of emergency amid reports that the so-called "unity government" had entered Tripoli in order to assume control of the neo-colonial junta. In the second hour we look at the history of the Cuban Revolution in the aftermath of the state visit by Obama to the country, the first for a U.S. president since 1928. The final hour examines the life and contributions of African American woman singer Ruby Elzy of Mississippi.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal, an audio news magazine, hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the President Barack Obama's state visit to revolutionary Cuba; demonstrators blocked roads to the Tucson, Arizona rally for right-wing candidate Donald Trump; voters in two United States cities have ousted prosecutors in the aftermath of public uproars over the police killings of African Americans in Chicago and Cleveland; and controversy continues in South Africa over the claims of business interference in governmental affairs. In the second hour we examine the evolving character of U.S.-Cuba relations with Prof. Charles Simmons who violated the travel ban to Cuba in 1964. Finally we continue our monthlong commemoration of International Women's History through an interview with novelist Judy Juanita on the history of the Black Panther Party.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the impact of El Nino and sanctions in the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe where the government has been forced to address the worsening food shortages inside the country; the ruling African National Congress party in South Africa is holding a National Executive Committee meeting this weekend to discuss issues related to the state of the society and government; divisions continue within the imperialist-imposed rival regimes in the North African state of Libya where the western governments are continuing in their attempt to reshape the country as a neo-colonial outpost for the Pentagon and NATO; and diplomatic efforts are ongoing aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to the political crisis in the Central African state of Burundi. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong focus on International Women's History with a report on IWD in Africa along with an audio file examining the history of Women, African Slavery and the US Civil War. The final hour features an archived interview with Ramona Africa, Minister of Information of the MOVE organization based in Philadelphia.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The broadcast features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on developments surrounding the diamond sector in Zimbabwe where a consolidation of mining and trade is underway; the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited refugees in the Western Sahara who are seeking independence from Morocco; Burundian officials are claiming a Rwandan spy has been arrested inside the country which has been plagued by internal political unrest and violence over the last ten months; and South African President Jacob Zuma has paid a state visit to the West African state of Nigeria aimed at addressing tensions emanating from economic relations between the continent's two largest economies. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong commemoration of International Women's History with an examination of the intersection between the struggle against African slavery and women's rights in the United States. Finally a series of speeches from the late widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, reveals her as a political figure who continued the legacy of the martyred Civil Rights and peace activist.

Listen to this epidsode 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 cancellation of a rally organized by supporters of Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump in Chicago and its implications for electoral campaigning in 2016; in the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe the country is struggling with economic problems impacting women and the population as a whole manifesting in joblessness, food shortages and human trafficking; the imperialist-backed occupation of Somalia is threatened due to the lack of funds and failure to uproot the insurgent Al-Shabaab movement; and the Arab League has called again for the lifting of international sanctions against the Republic of Sudan. In the second hour we feature an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe aired initially over prn.fm on the political atmosphere leading up to the upset in the Michigan Democratic Party primary on March 8. The final hour continues our monthlong focus on International Women's History looking at the intellectual history of African American women.

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 will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on developments in South Africa where negotiations with the United States has resulted in an agreement to continue Pretoria's participation in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) program after differences surfaced over the importation of US meat products into the country; China and Tanzania are continuing their parternship in the areas of energy production in East Africa; the US is pushing for a resolution surrounding allegations of abuse of civilians by the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic; and the International Criminal Court is continuing its targeting of African leaders through the prosecution of former Democratic Republic of Congo Vice-President Jean Pierre Bemba in the Netherlands. In the second hour we continue our focus on International Women's History Month with a segment on the African American women and work in the US. Also we look at the contributions of anti-slavery warrior Harriet Tubman and early women's rights advocate Mary Church Terrell through a radio drama production first aired in 1948.