In the 1970s, the town was a staging area for the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF), which sought to liberate the Ogaden and annex it to form a Greater Somalia.
There have been attempts to incorporate the area into a Greater Somalia.
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It is often called Soomaali Galbeed ("Western Somalia") on account of its geographical position within the Greater Somalia matrix.
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