In today's podcast: We look at the local forces aiding the successful Somali government onslaught against Al Shabab.

As Uganda waits for a presidential statement on the ebola outbreak, we'll hear from someone living in Mubende where the outbreak started.

Plus: the famed forth plinth on London's Trafalgar Square will be home to a statue of a Malawian anti-colonial freedom fighting priest.

More on those stories in this podcast with Audrey Brown.