Abdu Osman Humadin holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy and a PhD in International Development Studies from SOAS, University of London. He previously served for more than a decade as a diplomat in the Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked as a senior expert on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Currently, he works as an independent diplomatic consultant based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also a Research Fellow at SOAS, University of London, where he conducts research on borders and borderland communities in the Horn of Africa.