World News from the BBC
Cuba's ruling Communist Party is holding its first ever national conference with more than 800 delegates meeting behind closed doors in Havana. The conference is expected to consider setting age and term limits for top officials in an effort to renew Cuba's aging revolutionary leadership. It may also reduce the role of the Communist Party in day-to-day governance and business in order to smooth the process of economic reform launched by President Raul Castro.
A fire at a drug
rehabilitation
centre in the Peruvian capital Lima has killed at least 26 people and injured many others. One survivor told Peruvian media that the patients were locked in the building when the flames
took hold
. Mattia Cabitza is in Lima.
The fire started while dozens of patients at the rehabilitation centre were having breakfast. Witnesses said the smoke began rising from the first floor, and the flames quickly
engulfed
the whole building. Some survivors had to jump from the windows to escape. They told local media that some of the doors inside were locked, trapping people amid scenes of panic. The police say they are investigating the cause of the blaze. Some reports say it started after a mattress caught fire following an argument between patients.
The opposition in Senegal says one of its main spokesmen has been arrested following violent protests over a court ruling on Friday to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in office. The opposition movement M23 called for the police to release its spokesman Alioune Tine immediately. The movement says it's planning further protests if Mr Wade, who's 85, goes ahead with his election campaign.