There are reports from Peru that the Prime Minister Salomon Lerner has offered his resignation. Mr Lerner had been the campaign manager to the President Ollanta Humala, who took office in July. He was recently involved in a failed attempt to negotiate an end to protests that have stalled Peru's biggest foreign investment - the Conga gold mining project.
Hundreds of supporters of the former leader of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, have staged a protest outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Protesters complained about the former president's transfer to the court last month.
"We are here to tell Gbagbo that his people are with him. We are here for him, and we'll be coming here. I'm telling you (as) so far as they (would) maintain him here, we'll be coming here."
Mr Gbagbo faces charges of crimes against humanity in connection with post-election violence.
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Zimbabwe's 87-year-old President Robert Mugabe says it will be an act of cowardice for him to retire ahead of elections expected to be held next year. Closing his party's annual conference, Mr Mugabe condemned the current power-sharing government as a "monster" which should be buried. The conference passed resolutions endorsing Mr Mugabe as its presidential candidate in spite of reports that he is suffering ill health.
Police in the Congolese capital Kinshasa say they've shot dead four people since the disputed results of the presidential election were announced on Friday. The opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has refused to accept the official results, which gave a clear victory to President Joseph Kabila. From Kinshasa, here's Thomas Hubert.