Roger is an independent researcher focused on Somalia and the wider Horn. Until the end of 2018 he led Conflict Dynamics International’s team working on political accommodation and reconciliation in Somalia and Somaliland. He has previously worked for Oxfam and Chatham House with a focus on Somalia and the Sudan’s. Roger has published widely on issues of politics in the Horn of Africa, Piracy from Somalia, African Peace and Security Architecture, and Africa’s relations with the EU.