Ahmed Mumin Warfa

Ahmed Mumin Warfa (Somali: Axmed Mumiin Warfa, Arabic: أحمد مومين وارفا‎) is a Somali scientist specializing in botany, who with his colleague Mats Thulin discovered Cyclamen somalense, the newest species to be described.[1] He is the current Rector of the Zamzam University of Science and Technology.

Prof. Dr.

Ahmed Mumin Warfa
أحمد مومين وارفا

Rector of the Zamzam University of Science and Technology
NationalitySomali
Alma materUppsala University

University of Camerino

Somali National University
OccupationScientist
Known forDiscovering the Cyclamen somalense

Biography

Somalia

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, 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 Zamzam University of Science and Technology[5] as a Rector

References
  1. Cyclamen somalense Archived 2012-07-29[Date mismatch] at Archive.today. Cyclamen Society. Archived June 8, 2014[Date mismatch], at Archive.today
  2. "Prof. Ahmed Mumin Warfa is appointed as the Senior advisor of the President of the Somali Republic". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. The new Africa: dispatches from a changing continent By Robert M. Press pg 197
  4. Online, Hiiraan. "Hiiraan University (HU) Fundraising Event". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  5. "Zamzam University". Retrieved 2020-10-23.
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