Rageh Omaar (/ˈræɡi ˈoʊmɑːr/; Somali: Raage Oomaar; Arabic: راجح اومار; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer.

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.

Since October 2015, alongside his duties as international affairs editor, he has been a deputy newscaster of ITV News at Ten.

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.

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.

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

[11] Since October 2015, alongside his duties as international affairs editor, Omaar has been a deputy newscaster of ITV News at Ten.

[1] Omaar maintains close contact with his family in Somalia, is an activist for the Somali community, and regularly attends its lectures and events.