Mame Bougouma Diene

Aug 25, 2023 | allafrica.com | Mame Bougouma Diene

Kidnapped by al-Shabaab militants, the woman recounts the choice she faced: join their ranks or witness her family's execution. Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado has become the epicenter of a conflict that, up to the present, has resulted in nearly 4,000 fatalities and displaced hundreds of thousands of people internally. Alongside the toll on civilians, the region has witnessed sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon to instill fear among the local inhabitants.

Aug 23, 2023 | fr.allafrica.com | Mame Bougouma Diene

Enlevée par des militants d'Al-Shabaab, cette femme raconte le choix auquel elle a été confrontée : rejoindre leurs rangs ou assister à l'exécution de sa famille. La province de Cabo Delgado, dans le nord du Mozambique, est devenue l'épicentre d'un conflit qui, à ce jour, a fait près de 4 000 morts et déplacé des centaines de milliers de personnes à l'intérieur du pays.

Aug 22, 2023 | un.org | Mame Bougouma Diene

Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado has become the epicenter of a conflict that, up to the present, has resulted in nearly 4,000 fatalities and displaced hundreds of thousands of people internally. Alongside the toll on civilians, the region has witnessed sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon to instill fear among the local inhabitants. An unspecified number of women have been abducted and coerced into aligning with the insurgency or witnessing the execution of their families.

May 22, 2023 | strangehorizons.com | Mame Bougouma Diene |Kristy Anne Cox |Niall Harrison |Maria Haskins

Sometimes, writing fiction is the only way to get your experiences across to other people—and these experiences are caused by your own mind. If the future is here, but unevenly distributed, then so is the past. My previous Short Fiction Treasures column was all about science fiction, so it’s only fair that the theme this time around is fantasy. He claims that Redlow used to be a swamp and he has now brought them into the future before the future. Yes he said that.