Legendary sportsman Haile Gebrselassie speaks exclusively to Erik Njoka on his transition from the tracks to running a multi-million business empire. He also speaks about the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia.

World of Africa: All hail, Haile the great

Cameroon is conducting 'habituation' on mountain gorillas to enhance the co-existence between humans and wildlife. Watch how WWF is promoting this is unique method of Eco Tourism in the country. Erik Njoka tells more.

World of Africa: Gorillas in Cameroon undergo habituation

Nigeria, Brace up! Analysts warn citizens that the food crisis could worsen if the federal government doesn't step in fast. As Erik Njoka and Louisa Olaniyi report, prices of basic food items have spiked.

World of Africa: Nigerians brace for food crisis

Tunisia is facing a financial and economic turmoil. The Tunisians are fed up with President Kais Saied's policies and government. Sporadic protests are being held in Tunis, calling for President's ouster. Here's a report by Erik Njoka.

World of Africa: Tunisians hit with soaring food prices, shortages of staples

Kenya's National Museums launches phone app to track wildlife and record how mammals thrive in their habitat. Here is a report by Erik Njoka.

World of Africa: Kenya's wildlife tracker app

Relief for South Africa’s ex-leader Jacob Zuma who released from prison after completing his 15-month sentence. Erik Njoka & Kalden Ongmu reports.

World of Africa: Ex-South Africa President Jacob Zuma's short-lived misery

Growers of Cannabis or 'Hashish' in Morocco are hoping that a change in a 2021 law will help them profit legally from cultivating and exporting the crop. Erik Njoka reports.

World of Africa: Moroccan cannabis growers on a high

Nigeria is grappling with a spike in unintended pregnancies, that often lead to unsafe abortions with young under-age girls falling victim to the vice, reports Erik Njoka and Louisa Olaniyi.

World of Africa: Nigeria: Rising concerns over unwanted pregnancy

Millionaire Sam Matekane's Prosperity party wins Lesotho General Elections, although without a majority. Erik Njoka reports on why the polls were a game changer for Southern Africa's smallest nation.

World of Africa: The 'Basotho' vote for prosperity

Living in the era of climate change, a vicious cycle of food insecurity has emerged. Will COP27 save the continent from vagaries of Global Warming and avert a disaster? Erik Njoka reports.

World of Africa: Surviving perils of climate change in Africa

State Fragility has led to Burkina Faso being ranked among the most neglected crises in the world. The long history of coup d'etat in the Central West African nation is alarming. 34yr old Ibrahim Traore is the new interim ruler. World Of Africa with Erik Njoka.

World of Africa | Burkina Faso: A failed state?

25-Year-Old Togolese self-taught mechanic Sourou-Edjareyo Malazouwe has created his own car from recycled materials. He's the pride of Togo.

World of Africa: Self taught mechanic from Togo builds recycled car

The Cameroon Ministry Of Health has imposed a ban on skin-lighting products following a spate of high profile cases of consumers developing skin cancers. Here's a report on why this age-old desire by men and women to make their skin fairer, is proving to be detrimental.

World of Africa: Cameroon's 'skin bleaching' craze

62 Years Ago, Nigeria attained its independence. Many Nigerians feel like there is less to celebrate. The West African nation is heading to the polls in 2023, what lies ahead for the country and will the next Government be able to wither the challenges?

World of Africa | Nigeria at 62: What lies ahead?

East Africa was thrown into a whirlwind following the announcement by Ugandan health authorities of an Ebola outbreak that also claimed the lives of several people in the country's west of the capital, Kampala. New Uganda Sudan Ebola-virus outbreak means FDA-licensed vaccine for Zaire ebolavirus cannot be used that means that virologists and scientists have to go back to the drawing board and come up with a stronger and more efficient shield to this virus that has been classified as lethally fatal.

World of Africa | Ebola virus re-emerges in Uganda

This week on World Of Africa with Eric Njoka: The focus is on the unending plague of Vaccine Inequity in the continent with the advent of Monkeypox and previously Covid19.

World of Africa: Unending plague of Vaccine Inequity

Campaigners say they have been given the constitutional right to grow and consume it but trade remains a fundamental stumbling block. We are talking about cannabis production in South Africa. What is causing the agitation and friction in the country. Let's find out on this report from Pretoria.

World of Africa | Battle to legalise cannabis in South Africa

Kenya scrapped subsidy on petrol as soon as new president William Ruto was inaugurated. Ruto said subsidies were unsustainable, in a move that could add to upward pressure on inflation. The new president faces the challenge of bringing down the high cost of fuel and food in East Africa's most dominant economy. But he will also have to grapple with subsidy measures that policymakers warn could empty the country’s coffers – and debt inherited from his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta. Here's a report from Nairobi

World of Africa | Consumers in Kenya hit by fuel price shock

Nigerians are looking forward to the 2023 elections for many and varied reasons. However, other people are interested in the elections and their outcomes for several reasons. Globalisation and its ever-increasing tendency for inter-dependency of nations have brought to the fore the interests of global economic and power players in the Nigerian elections. Nigeria is at a crossroads and in a volatile state with heightened insecurity, insurgency, terrorist incursions, secessionist agitations and a melting economic situation. So will the much anticipated polls "Bend the curve?" here's a report from Abuja

World of Africa| Nigeria polls 2023: Opposition coalition alleges 'fraud'

In July, the UN Health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and appealed to the world to support African countries, so that the catastrophic vaccine inequity that plagued the outbreak of covid-19 wouldn't get repeated. But the global spike in monkepox infection has had little impact on Africa. No rich countries have shared vaccines or treatments with Africa, and some experts fear interest may soon evaporate But why is this the case when it comes to the continent, or rather this often forsaken part of the world?

World of Africa | Africa's 'vaccine inequity'

After three years of COVID hiatus, Uganda's infamous music and dance festival is back. The Nyege Nyege festival was a major hit this year. The extravaganza was hosted on the banks of the Nile river and attracted over 10 thousand of visitors. Here's a report from Kampala.

World of Africa | Return of Uganda's 'immoral' festival

Elizabeth’s reign saw the hard-won independence of African countries from Ghana to Zimbabwe, along with a string of Caribbean islands and nations along the edge of the Arabian peninsula. Some historians see her as a monarch who helped oversee the mostly peaceful transition from empire to the commonwealth, a voluntary association of 56 nations with historic and linguistic ties. But she was also the symbol of a nation that often rode roughshod over people it subjugated. Here is a story about the Mau Mau's long fraught relationship with the monarch, and we also speak to an expert on why the wounds of the past can not be erased so easily.

World of Africa | Memories of brutal 1950s Mau Mau rebellion haunts

It was in South Africa, that the royals first stepped foot on the continent And on her 21st birthday in 1947, young princess Elizabeth, gave a speech in Capetown that set off her reign and mark her heiress journey to inherit the father "I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service," she said In the years to follow, the queen returned to Africa and even created a special bond with Nelson Madiba Mandela...Here's a report from Kalden Ongmu.

World of Africa | Revisiting Queen's bond with Mandela

In 1952, princess Elizabeth and her husband Philip, set off for a whirlwind tour of the commonwealth...They made a stopover in Kenya, and a hotel that they boarded during their stay became world-famous...It was the same year that king George the sixth, died and Elizabeth was proclaimed queen while still on the African soil...This is a story of Treetops hotel in Kenya and how they remember their most royal guest.

World of Africa | Treetops Hotel: Basking in the glory of hosting a royal

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