As the Senior Analyst for Eastern Africa, Omar conducts field research, provides written analysis, proposes policy recommendations and engages in advocacy efforts.

Omar has previously worked as a senior researcher focusing on the Horn of Africa for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Addis Ababa, and as an international consultant covering Boko Haram and the Lake Chad Basin. Prior to that, he obtained his Master’s degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso. 

• English (native)
• French (conversant)
• Urdu (conversant)

• Overlapping claims by Somaliland and Puntland: the case of Sool and Sanaag, ISS Africa, December 2019 
• Competition, cooperation and security in the Red Sea, ISS Africa, September 2019