Gambadhe
Town in Khatumo, Somalia
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History
A couple of kilometers southwest of Gambadhe is the currently abandoned locality of Dari ali which is a Daraawiish heritage site. This site previously hosted a fort called Daryare which was used as an escape route and to safeguard against the three colonial adversaries of the Darawiish, namely Britain, Abyssinia and Italy. Although currently a ruin, it was previously located between the ring of Darawiish forts at Taleex and the Darawiish fort at Las Anod.[4]
The visit of President Puntland to Taleh in late August 2013 led to a resurgence of local insurgency. Fighting also broke out in Gambadhe on September 13 and 15 between pro-Khatumo State militias and the Somaliland army.[5]
In June 2015, the Somaliland army commander inspected Somaliland military bases in Xudun, Gambadhe, and Kalabaydh in Sool region.[6]
In March 2019, fighting broke out between the Somaliland army and local forces in Gambadhe led by Colonel Faysal Falaalug.[3] Faysal Falaalug militias, calling itself the SSC Liberation Front, also attacked Somaliland troops in April, but was repulsed.[7]
In January 2020, the government of Somaliland and the state of Sool will jointly establish a dry port in Gambadhe to send goods from the Berbera port to Somalia, and the Somaliland port administrator and the governor of Sool participated in the groundbreaking ceremony.[8]
