Abdullahi Abdille Shahow

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Abdullahi Abdille Shahow (@a_abdille) is East Africa Researcher for Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), an international nonprofit working to improve protection for civilians caught in conflict zones. In this role, he leads CIVIC’s regional research into security issues affecting the protection of civilians in the East Africa region. Abdullahi has 10 years of experience researching conflict and security, governance, migration, and development issues in the Horn of Africa region. He has worked or consulted for the International Crisis Group (ICG), Sayara International, the EUTF Research and Evidence Facility (REF), Transparency International, the HORN Institute, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), among others. His work has been published in African Arguments, HORN Bulletin, The New Humanitarian, World Politics Review, The Elephant, and Think Africa Press, among other outlets. He is also on LinkedIn.