Ahmed Mumin Warfa

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Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mumin Warfa أحمد مومين وارفا Rector of the Zamzam University of Science and Technology
Nationality	Somali
Alma mater	Uppsala University University of Camerino Somali National University
Occupation	Scientist
Known for	Discovering the Cyclamen somalense

Ahmed Mumin Warfa (Somali: Axmed Mumiin Warfa, Arabic: أحمد مومين وارفا) is a Somali scientist specializing in botany, who with his colleague discovered Cyclamen somalense, the newest^[when?] species to be described.^[1] He become the president of the .

Biography[]

Somalia[]

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Warfa was a professor at the Somali National University, where he taught biology and agriculture. He also regularly conducted research with colleagues in Somalia, where he jointly discovered several endemic species, notably in the northeastern Bari region.

With the outbreak of the civil war in 1991 and the closure of the university, Ahmed became a peacemaker,^{[clarification needed]} working as a translator for the United Nations and setting up councils for the reconciliation process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His efforts brought him into conflict with several local militia leaders. In 1994, he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.

His children are Sumaya Mumin, Ismail Mumin, Daud Ahmed Mumin, Hibo Mumin, Farah Mumin, Mohamed Mumin, Aisha Mumin, Yusuf Mumin, Dahir Mumin, Halima Mumin, Fadumo Mumin, and Fadumo Mumin.

United States[]

Warfa subsequently left Somalia for Nairobi, Kenya, from where he then emigrated to the United States and joined the Salt Lake Community College as a volunteer professor and worked at Brigham Young University as a professor of biology. He continues to attend conferences on herbology as a keynote speaker or contributor.

Warfa is also actively involved in the affairs of Somalia and the Somali diaspora, whether as a reconciliator working for the UN and the Somali President^[2][3] or as an activist raising funds for projects such as Hiiraan University.^[4]

Back to Somalia[]

In 2020, Warfa came back to Mogadishu, Somalia to contribute to the academia and lead ^[5] as a Rector

Professor Warfa died on 15 March 2021 in Mogadishu.

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