The town acts as a transit point for truckers and travellers due to its location at the border between Ethiopia and Somalia, beside Dollo Zone.

[6] In December 2020, a delegation led by the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, arrived in Abudwak District in Galgadud region to announce that the Federal government will pay two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the construction of the second phase of the airport in Abudwak District.

[7] In June 2021, Abdwak Airport reopened after a two-day shutdown when armed militiamen prohibited planes from landing.

[18] According to an August 2008 ReliefWeb report, the lack of rainfall during the rainy season has caused water shortages in Abudwak district, creating a serious humanitarian crisis.

[20] In December 2009, Salaad Xareed Faarax, one of the Somalia government officials in Hiran region, announced in Abudwak that he was joining Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a.

[21] In July 2010, the Ahlu Sunna administration stopped broadcasting two radio stations based in Abudwak district, claiming that they were undermining their regime.

They also ordered the stations to stop referring to the al-Shabaab militia group that controls parts of southern Somalia as Harakatu Shabaab al-Mujahidiyin (the holy youth fighters movement).

[22] In March 2011, the Ahlu Sunna administration closed seven Koranic schools in Abudwak district for being a breeding ground for terrorists and suicide bombers.

The fighting spread to different parts of town, with gunfire between militias of the Wargardhac and Eli clans; the Abudwak district administrator said they had no power to stop the inter-clan conflict.

[44] In March 2017, a dispute broke out at a food distribution center in the western outskirts of Abudwak district, killing at least two people and injuring 10 others.

[46] In June 2019, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire of the Federal Republic of Somalia visited Abudwak District.

[50] In September 2021, Ali Dahir Eid, Vice President of Galmudug, appointed a new government in the Arbudwak District.

[55] In March 2023, an armed group born out of inter-clan strife killed a young man in Abudwak District.