[1]: 276 He founded the new party Dabka in 1968, and was not re-elected as a member of the assembly in the 1969 elections.
[1]: 20 During the era of Mohamed Siad Barre Aden focused on his business ventures.
In 1989, he signed the Manifesto and joined his clansmen in forming the SDM, a paramilitary and political organisation aimed at liberating the Inter riverine region from the Siad Barre regime.
Zoobe is credited as an early forerunner of Federalism in Somalia[4] having personally led a campaign since 1950.
Aden was the First Vice President in the Interim Government of Somalia[1][5] from August 1991 to January 1993.