Salim Lone

Salim Lone is a columnist for Daily Nation in his native Kenya, to which he recently returned after a twenty-one-year career at the United Nations. He also writes regularly for the Guardian. He was director of the news and media division (1998-2003) during his career at UN headquarters. His last assignment was as spokesman for the UN mission in Iraq immediately after the US-led 2003 war and occupation.

Currently

  • Destabilizing the Horn

    January 4, 2007

    Undeterred by blunders in Iraq, Bush opens another battlefront in Somalia.

2006

  • The Real Crisis in Uganda

    September 19, 2006

    The cease-fire between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army is only a first step in resolving the humanitarian crisis. The West must push for the release of 2 million Acholis still languishing in government camps.

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