Matthew Bryden
political analyst
Matthew Bryden is a Canadian political analyst active in the Horn of Africa. He worked for several aid and political organizations in Somalia after spending some time in the region during his leave from the Canadian military in 1987. He served as the Coordinator for the Monitoring Group Eritrea (EMG) from 2008 to 2012. He is a founder of Sahan, also known as Sahan Research, a think tank focused on the Horn of Africa region. He has also been described in the past as the director of the that organization, which is based in Nairobi.
Early life
Matthew Bryden was born in the UK and grew up in Canada. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto, where he graduated in 1985. Bryden joined the Canadian Forces Reserve and became interested in African aid programs after visiting the region during a military leave in 1987.
Career
He was hired by the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) program in January 1988 and the following year he joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Berbera, Somalia. He was reassigned to Nairobi, Kenya in August 1990, when the UN evacuated non-essential staff.
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