Kholood Khair
Political Analyst, Researcher & Founding Director of the Confluence Advisory
Kholood Khair is the founder and director of Confluence Advisory, a ‘think and do tank’ formerly based in Khartoum that works on three priority policy areas: peace and security, economy, and governance. Khair also hosted and co-produced Spotlight 249, Sudan’s first English language political discussion and debate show aimed at young Sudanese. Khair has a career spanning the fields of research, aid programming and policy in Sudan and across the Horn of Africa. She has written research and analysis pieces for several international publications and has provided analyses for research and policy institutions worldwide. She has and MSC in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS, University of London and an MSC in African Studies form the University of Oxford.