Hundreds of people have died this year in bombings, shootings and clashes with security forces in this vast region of the country, where the militant group Boko Haram seeks to overthrow the government and install an ultraconservative brand of Islam. The militants, who traveled to northern Mali last year to join the fight there, have returned with heavy weapons from Libya, presumably from former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's arsenal. Malian militants also used weapons smuggled in from Libya to seize northern Mali last year.
Ilikua mishale ya saa kumi kamili jioni ujumbe wa harakati za Imetosha ulipowasili katika kituo cha Buhangija cha kulea watoto wenye mahitaji maalumu mjini Shinyanga. Sauti za furaha za watoto zilisikika zikiimba nyimbo za kukaribisha ujumbe wa wana harakati hao ambao wako Mwanza kutambulisha harakati za Imetosha ambazo ni kupambana na kupinga unyanyapaa, ukatili na mauaji kwa watu wenye Ulemavu wa ngozi.