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Rageh Omaar was born on 19 July, 1967 in Mogadishu, Somali Republic, is a Somali-born journalist and writer. Discover Rageh Omaar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Occupation Journalist, author
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July 1967
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Mogadishu, Somali Republic
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Georgiana Rose Montgomery-Cuninghame (m. 2000)

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Wife Georgiana Rose Montgomery-Cuninghame (m. 2000)
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Children Loula Omaar, Sami Omaar, Zachary Omaar

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1967

Rageh Omaar (Raage Oomaar; راجي أومار; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer.

He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq.

Omaar was born in 1967 in Mogadishu to Abdullahi and Sahra Omaar.

His father was an accountant who became a businessman, a representative of Massey Ferguson tractors, founder of the country's first independent newspaper, and was responsible for introducing Coca-Cola to Somalia.

A Muslim, his family is originally from Hargeisa.

Omaar belongs to a prominent family that hails from the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.

Omaar moved to the United Kingdom at the age of two.

He has several siblings: his elder brother, Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, was a former Foreign Minister of Somalia.

Omaar was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, and Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.

He then studied Modern History at New College, Oxford.

Omaar began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper.

1991

In 1991, he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service.

A year later, Omaar 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.

2003

In 2003, Omaar was the recipient of an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for the best TV journalist.

2004

Omaar's wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life a challenge.

His career highlights include reporting live on the conflicts in Somalia and Iraq.

Omaar covered the Iraq invasion for the weekday BBC news bulletins and BBC News.

Many of his broadcasts were syndicated across the United States, where he became known as the Scud Stud.

Omaar has written a book about his time as the BBC's Iraq correspondent called Revolution Day.

The book deals with the effects of the Saddam Hussein regime, UN sanctions, and of the war on Iraqi civilians.

Explaining why he eventually left the BBC, Omaar suggested that he wanted to operate independently and to take on assignments for people he wished to collaborate with.

He also suggested that the BBC working environment was somewhat exclusivist on a class basis, and that he was guilty of this as well to some degree as a consequence of his public school upbringing.

Additionally, Omaar has expressed regret about the way in which he covered the invasion of Iraq during his time as a BBC correspondent.

He suggested that he and his colleagues did pieces on Saddam Hussein, his regime and weapons inspectors, giving little coverage to the Iraqi people.

2006

In September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he presented the nightly weekday documentary series Witness until January 2010.

In September 2006, Omaar joined Al Jazeera English.

He served as a Middle Eastern correspondent for its London Division.

During his time with the news organization, Omaar presented the nightly weekday documentary series Witness.

He also hosted the monthly The Rageh Omaar Report, his own investigative documentaries.

2010

The Rageh Omaar Report, first aired February 2010, is a one-hour, monthly investigative documentary in which he reports on international current affairs stories.

Interviewed in John Pilger's documentary The War You Don't See (2010), Omaar also lamented that "one didn't press the most uncomfortable buttons hard enough" and called the coverage "a giant echo chamber".

2013

From January 2013, he became a special correspondent and presenter for ITV News, reporting on a broad range of news stories, as well as producing special in-depth reports from all around the UK and further afield.

A year after his appointment, Omaar was promoted to International Affairs Editor for ITV News.

In January 2013, it was announced that Omaar would be joining ITV News as a special correspondent.

He was promoted the following year to ITV News' International Affairs Editor.

2015

Since October 2015, alongside his duties as International Affairs Editor, he has been a Deputy Newscaster of ITV News at Ten.

Since October 2015, alongside his duties as International Affairs Editor, Rageh has been a Deputy Newscaster of ITV News at Ten.

2017

Since September 2017 Omaar has occasionally presented the ITV Lunchtime News including the ITV News London Lunchtime Bulletin and the ITV Evening News.

Since September 2017 Omaar has occasionally presented the ITV Lunchtime News, including the ITV News London Lunchtime Bulletin, and the ITV Evening News.