A Djiboutian team member has said working with an unfamiliar plant species made the experience especially enriching A team of students from Djibouti has won a gold medal at the Open International Biology Olympiad (OIBO) hosted by the Russian Sirius Educational Center in Sochi.  Djibouti was represented by Hassan Mohamed Seid, Maydoub Ilyas Mohamoud, and Mohamed Eleyeh Abdillahi, who were selected through a national academic competition. All are enrolled in a specialized science-focused school