# Ahmed Ibrahim Awale (Axmed Ibraahim Cawaale)

> Ahmed Ibrahim Awale: Hargeisa environmentalist and botanist, discoverer of Aloe sanguinalis, author of Environment in Crisis.

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## Who is he?

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale is a Somali environmentalist and author with several decades of experience ([Wikipedia, Ahmed Ibrahim Awale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ibrahim_Awale)). He chairs the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation and Candlelight for Environment, Education and Health (same source). He lectures on environmental science at the [University of Hargeisa](/en/institutions/main-universities/) (same source).

## Early life

He was born in Adadlay, a village 95 km east of Hargeisa, near the mountain Gaan Libah ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ibrahim_Awale)). He studied at the Somali National University (same source). See [Somaliland, 1991 to 2026](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/).

## Botany

In 2014 he found a new aloe species, *Aloe sanguinalis*, growing wild near Alala Adka ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ibrahim_Awale)). The botanical author abbreviation "Awale" refers to him (same source). In March 2024 he helped discover and describe another species, *Aloe kaysei* (same source). In 2020 a scorpion species, *Pandinurus awalei*, was named after him (same source).

## Writing

He has written books in English on the archaeology and natural history of Somaliland, and works in Somali ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ibrahim_Awale)). They include *Environment in Crisis: Selected Essays on the Somali Environment* (same source).

## In short

A Hargeisa environmentalist and botanist who has described new aloe species and leads the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation.

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