Rasna Warah (1962-2025), a Kenyan writer and journalist, gained over two decades of experience as an editor, writer and communications specialist. She wrote a weekly op-ed column for the Daily Nation, Kenya’s leading newspaper, for many years, and contributed to various regional and international publications, including the UK’s Guardian, Africa is a Country, The East African, The Mail and Guardian, The Elephant, and Kwani? She worked as an editor and writer at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and published two books on Somalia: Mogadishu Then and Now (2012) and War Crimes (2016). Her first book, Triple Heritage (1998), explored the history of South Asians in East Africa. In Lords of Impunity (2022), she examined the failures and internal contradictions of the United Nations and what can be done to transform this global body. She held a Master’s degree in Communication for Development from Malmö University in Sweden and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies from Suffolk University in Boston, USA.