A regional climate prediction body has issued a stark warning that millions in east Africa face ‘untold hardship’ because of the worst drought in 40 years, and calls for urgent action to be taken. Plus, we hear from the editor-in-chief of an all-female media unit that has just been launched in Somalia, on the challenges of overturning stereotypes and given space to women’s voices. And Nigerian singer-songwriter Aṣa on the hard work it has taken to top her 2007 debut album which went platinum.