Delegation found dead in Guinea while disease continues to spread A team of eight experts and journalists visiting the southern region of the West African state of Guinea were found dead in the town of…
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Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire. The Pan-African News Wire is an international electronic press service designed to foster intelligent discussion on the affairs of African people throughout the continent and the world. The press agency was founded in January of 1998 and has published thousands of articles and dispatches in newspapers, magazines, journals, research reports, blogs and websites throughout the world. The PANW represents the only daily international news source on pan-african and global affairs.
On Sept. 10 the people of Ferguson, MO and others demanding the indictment and arrest of white police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown attempted to block the traffic on…
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility after leader was assassinated by Pentagon airstrike A reported car-bomb rammed into a convoy of troops from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) on Sept. 8 killing at least twelve people…
One day after Obama hosted leaders from across Africa, African Americans exploded in rebellion in Ferguson There have been a series of lawsuits filed against the city of Ferguson charging police misconduct and brutality during…
Slain 18-year-old Ferguson, MO resident Michael Brown was laid to rest on Aug. 25. The funeral was a local and national event with thousands in attendance. Brown was killed by a white police officer Darren…
Mass Unrest in Ferguson Continues Despite Attempts to Criminalize African Americans National Guard deployment, declaration of state of emergency fuels anger, unrest Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American youth, was shot at least six times…
The US state sanctions racist violence against the African American people and the White House has not made any effort to curtail it, a civil rights activist and journalist in Detroit says. Abayomi Azikiwe, editor…
Theodore Wafer Found Guilty in Shooting Death of Renisha McBride: Sentencing to take place on Aug. 25 after jury refused to believe contradictory statements A Wayne County jury on Aug. 7 found Theodore Wafer, 55, of…
Terminations continue despite announced 15-day suspension by emergency manager Efforts by the emergency manager Kevyn Orr to carry out the program of re-structuring favoring the banks and corporations during the bankruptcy proceedings has drawn growing…
Emergency management, forced bankruptcy and privatization provides no solution to the urban crisis On Mon. July 21, Deputy Director Darryl Latimer of the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department (DWSD), under the administrative control of an…