Recent history
In August 2004, fighting broke out between militias in Dusamareb and other areas, and civilians, including children and women, were killed. According to a report from May 2007, international medical aid has been restricted due to inter-clan conflicts there.
In May 2008, the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Dusamareb, killing 30 people, including the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab commander Aden Ayro, who was hiding there, as well as Al-Shabaab militants and civilians. In September 2008, a Japanese female doctor and a Dutch male nurse working for Médecins du Monde were kidnapped in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia's Somali State; the kidnappers took them to their base in Dusamareb and demanded a ransom. In November 2008, an armed group attacked an airstrip near Dusamareb and kidnapped four staff members of the France-based aid organization Action Against Hunger, among others.
In early December 2008, Al-Shabaab fighters captured Dusamareb. In January 2009, a Sufi militia Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ), which opposed Al-Shabaab, captured Dusamareb and Guriel from Al-Shabaab. ASWJ established its base in Dusamareb. In January 2010, al-Shabaab attacked Dusamareb and temporarily occupied it, but it was soon recaptured by ASWJ. In March 2010, Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a formed an alliance with the Somali government. In April 2011, al-Shabaab recaptured Dusamareb but withdrew later that same day. In December 2012, it was reported that the nutritional status of internally displaced persons gathered in Dusamareb was critical. In December 2014, fighting broke out in Dusamareb between the Somali armed forces and ASWJ, resulting in the death of one soldier and injuries to two civilians. The fighting subsequently subsided, and the governor of Galgaduud stated that the Somali armed forces were governing and maintaining control of the town.
In January 2018, ASWJ was integrated into Galmudug. As a result, Dusamareb became the capital of Galmudug in both name and reality. In February 2020, when a new president was elected in Garmdug, ASWJ reacted it, and fierce fighting broke out in Dusamareb. This ultimately led to the dissolution of ASWJ.
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Somalia
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