[2] It is the capital of Bo'ame district which includes the small towns of Karin-gorfood, Fardhidin, Dan-Gudban, Caleeli, Buura-wadal and Garaca Dacare and Biriqodayaga.

[5] In early January 2023, the Dhulbahante clan declared Sool and Sanaag regions, including Bo'ame, as SSC-Khatumo state, it belongs to the Federal Republic of Somalia, and requested the Somaliland military to withdraw from the area.

[7]: 55 In January 2012, the Dhulbahante clan declared the establishment of the Khatumo State and sought to capture Las Anod and other areas, but were defeated in a battle with the Somaliland army on April 1, and retreated to Taleh, Xudun, and Bo'ame.

[19] End of February 2021, Puntland's Home Secretary announced that a local council will be established in the Boerme district.

[20] In early August 2021, the elders of Bo'ame denied reports that the reconciliation agreement between Saax-maygaag and Sange-jebiye had been broken.

[22] In January 2022, Puntland vice-president Ahmed Elmi Osman visited Bo'ame and met with Saax-maygaag elders.

Ahmed Elmi Osman said he would not return to Garowe, the capital of Puntland, until the conflict between Saax-maygaag and Sange jebiye was resolved.

[citation needed] The City of Bo'ame is primarily inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan, with the Hassan Ugaas and other Ugaasyo lineages well represented.