News and updates on Africa

NEW - Understanding the Politics of Famine in
the Horn of Africa - a PAN publication
November 21, 2011
S.F. Bay View Link


Africa Today - KPFA 91.7 Monday's @ 7pm with host Walter Turner
for over two decades, KPFA's host Walter Turner has brought news and analysis, music and culture on Africa and the African diaspora to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond.  Tune in on Mondays or link via podcast/listen online via above link.

AfricaFocus analysis and progressive advocacy on African produced and distributed one to three times a month, current issues are featured on the homepage; a full archive is also available on the site.

Pambazuka News Weekly Forum for Social Justice in Africa. ‘Pambazuka’ is Kiswahili for ‘dawn’, as a verb, it means ‘arise’ or ‘awaken’ an authoritative pan-African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa with comprehensive weekly coverage, cutting edge commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs, development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa.

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Mayibuye Blog - news and analysis on the global African migration.

PAN at the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, IPS News TerraViva

African Refugees in Peril......report back from Italy & Greece by PAN's Nunu Kidane & Gerald Lenoir of BAJI....Watch Video

Nunu Kidane & Colin Finlay on Darfur (video)
Nunu Kidane, with PAN and photographer Colin Finlay talk with Link TV Host Aimee Allison about their experiences assisting refugees displaced in Darfur and discuss the urgency of depictin the recent crisis there so that the world comprehends and taks action.

Race, Refugees and the Obama Admin
Race Wire (video)
Priority Africa Network’s Nunu Kidane discusses America’s destructively racialized refugee policy, and calls out the disparity between intentions and actions towards countries in need.

"Africa COMMAND" Spells Colonialism (print)
Monthly Review Magazine

Ending the Violence in Kenya (Print)
Walter Turner & Nunu Kidane - New America Media 1/28/2008


I think PAN serves an incredibly important function both locally and globally - to build bridges across groups and issues, serve as a hub, and to build the community of people concerned about issues related to Africa and the diaspora. 
Mary Jane Marcus - long time PAN supporter, January 2011
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Priority Africa Network Allies & Affiliate Organizations in the Bay Area

rkAfrican Advocacy Network, San Francisco

African Cultural Festival, Davis

African Leadership Council, Sacramento

Akili Dada, Belmont

Association of Citizens and Friends of Liberia, Sacramento

Bay Area Somali Community

Black Alliance for Just Immigration

Center for African Studies, U.C. Berkeley

Eritrean Youth for Change

Ethiopian Community and Cultural Center, Oakland

Education Development Opportunities (EDO), Oakland

Global Exchange (GX), San Francisco

Harambee Kenyan Community

Inga – Congolese Community

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Justice in Nigeria Now (JINN), San Francisco

National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR), Oakland

Resurrection Lutheran Church, Swahili-Speaking Congregation Oakland

Sudanese Associationof No. California

The Tanzanian Community Organization

Tegloma – Sierra Leones Community

United French-Speaking Community Church (Cote d'Ivoire), San Leandro


Vukani Mawethu Choir
horn_of_africa_famine_alert.pdf
horn_of_africa_famine_alert.pdf