Colin Thomas-Jensen

Policy Adviser

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Colin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to the Enough project, where he helps guide Enough’s analysis and policy recommendations ito end genocide and crimes against humanity. He also oversees field research and the production of reports on Sudan, Chad, Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the Horn of Africa. He is currently a Truman Security Fellow.

Colin previously worked at the International Crisis Group and had a range of research and advocacy responsibilities within the Africa program. He joined Crisis Group from the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he was an information officer on the humanitarian response team for Darfur.

Colin served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia and Mozambique, and has travelled extensively in East, Central, and Southern Africa. He has a master’s degree in African Studies from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies with a concentration in the history of Islam in Africa, African politics, and Islamic family law. Colin has written on Sudan and the Horn of Africa for Foreign Affairs and Current History, publishes regular commentaries and op-eds in print and online, and speaks frequently with international news outlets.