Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast

Listen to the Sun. May 3, 2020 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 transition of Nigerian Afrobreat drummer Tony Allen who has been an influence on the direction of African and world music; Algeria musician Hamid Cheriet (Idir) has passed as well prompting President Abdelmajid Tebboune to pay tribute to the cultural icon; the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reported that the government repelled an attempted invasion from Colombia; and African states are escalating national testing programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the impact of COVID-19 internationally. We review developments in the Republics of South Africa and Kenya.