
Somaliland's famous son Rageh omar Rageh is the son of a wealthy businessman from the Somaliland His family is originally from Hargeisa. Rageh moved to Britain when he was two and was educated at two independent schools: the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before studying Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford.
Journalism
Rageh began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper. In 1991, he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after having been appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent. Al Jazeera
Omaar is now a Middle Eastern correspondent for the UK Broadcasting Division of Al Jazeera News and hosts his own nightly show called Witness.
A real role model for Somali youths
