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Salim Lone

Princeton
As seen in: HuffPost, Daily Nation, Nation Africa, Inter Press Service, The Standard (Kenya), AllAfrica, Daily Monitor, The Star (Kenya), Global Issues, The Elephant and
Spokesman for Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga 2007-2012, 2017-18. Writing book on Kenya. Comms director at UNHQ, UN spokesman Iraq 2003 till HQ bombing.
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For Ted Turner, the UN was the only durable force for peace

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By Salim Lone
| zurl.co
“Some considered CNN the 16th member of the Security Council.” The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the US the world’s only superpower. A year later, the two most globally visible political jobs – of the US President and the United Nations Secretary-General – were filled by Bill Clinton and Boutros Boutros Ghali, respectively. Both took office in January 1993, feeling empowered to enjoy greater freedom of action in a world with only one superpower.
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Mamdani’s bombshell book explodes Museveni, Amin myths

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By Salim Lone
| Daily Monitor
It’s been decades since I read a book as compelling as Prof Mahmood Mamdani’s extraordinary tour de force on Uganda. For most open-minded readers, this book, Slow Poison, will shake some deeply entrenched mainstream myths and fallacies that have been inculcated and nurtured by powerful national and global forces.
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Life as Raila's spokesman: How I didn't become State mouthpiece

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By Salim Lone
| The Standard (Kenya)
Former Prime Minister the late Raila Odinga and his spokesperson Salim Lone. [File, Standard] I was in the United States on March 9, 2013, when at about 3am Nairobi time, the Kenyan media reported that the election commission had declared Uhuru Kenyatta winner of the Presidential election. Not too long after, I was startled to see a phone call coming in from Michael Gichangi, the head of the National Intelligence Service.
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