[4] Although there have been clan conflicts for a long time, they have distanced themselves from both Somaliland and Puntland, and in 2018 they held a peace agreement with the help of Ethiopia after rejecting interference from Somaliland/Puntland governments.

[citation needed] In 2017, it was the centre of raging conflict between two sub-clans whom both inhabit the city.

[10] In November, 300 people from the two clans involved in the Dhummay conflict gathered in Jijiga, Ethiopia, for a peace conference organized by Mustafa Mohammed Omar, governor of Somali Region, Ethiopia.

[11] Also in November, the Boqor of the Majeerteen clan, Burhaan, visited Dhummay and discussed the surrounding conflict with local intellectuals.

[12] In June 2020, Abdiqani Mohamoud Jidhe, governor of Sool of Somaliland, visited Dhummay to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the well.