A lightning counter-offensive over the past week has pushed the rebels out of Mediterranean coastal towns, allowing the regime to wrest back the momentum against the month-long uprising against Kadhafi's four-decade grip on power. Kadhafi's forces are "marching to cleanse the country" of insurgents, Libyan army spokesman Colonel Milad Hussein told reporters in Tripoli.
Wanachama wa chadema hii leo wameandamana jijini Mwanza katika kuendeleza mapambano ya kupinga uchaguzi na uteuzi wa meya wa jiji la Arusha. Maandamano hayo ya leo yalikuwa ya amani na kusindikizwa na polisi kupitia katika mitaa mbalimbali ya jiji la Mwanza. Kikomo cha maandamano hayo kinategemewa kuwa katika viwanja vya furahisha ambako viongozi wa chama hicho watawahutubia waandamanaji hao.