With 2005 such a crucial year for Africa, we're launching a year-long series of reports, Hear Africa, tracking the west's promises on aid, trade and debt relief by focusing on Africa's rapidly expanding cities.
Take a look at Duncan Campbell's dispatches from Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, where he found a quiet confidence about the future, 13 years after the end of the civil war. His photo diary is particularly worth a look.
In Rome, the Vatican has been trying to reassure Catholics about the health of the Pope after he was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties last night. Adam Jay will be monitoring the situation, while our Italy correspondent, John Hooper, will be filing an audio report.
Meanwhile, in Westminster, the work and pensions secretary, Alan Johnson, is announcing plans to reform (or cut) incapacity benefit. Matthew Tempest will be examining what it all means for the 2.7 million people who rely on the money.
Challenging the minister for the limelight, Robert Kilroy-Silk is launching his new party, Veritas, to a waiting nation. His repeated mentions of the threat of mass immigration this morning led one of my colleagues to remark that it was "like the BNP with a tan". Ros Taylor is there.
Guardian Unlimited Books, meanwhile, have an exclusive interview with Susan Fletcher, whose first book, Eve Green, won the Whitbread first novel award.
And tonight, Guardian Unlimited Football will have live coverage of Chelsea's Premiership match at Blackburn.
