Aden Abdi

Aden is the Africa Department Director at Conciliation Resources. He has over 14 years’ experience supporting and implementing governance and peacebuilding programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Aden played a key support role in the peace mediation process between the Ethiopian government and the Ogaden National Liberation Front, which ultimately led to 2018’s Asmara peace agreement. He has previously worked with DFID, CARE International and International Rescue Committee.

Aden is a Research Lead, providing strategic input to Conciliation Resources’ West Africa and East Africa research strands on the XCEPT project.