[2] During the early colonial era, Ceel Buur would form one of seven residencies of the Upper Shabelle region which included Balad, Villagio Duca Degli Abruzzi, Buloburti, Bugda, Bud-Bud and a Commissioner at Mahaddai.

[6] In 1926 when the ceel Buur Zone was named the first district of the newly formed Mudug Region, Captain Franco Carolei, the appointed Italian governor, would be assassinated by a young Abdulle Irrobe, From abakar, Gelle Galaal of Habar idinle sub clan mursade and several rebel groups in a daring anti-colonial uprising.

[11] By December 1990 the town operated as the headquarters for Mohamed Qanyare Afrah and the USC during its offensive to topple the government of Siad Barre.

On the afternoon 26 March 2012, the Ethiopian military in cooperation with Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ), captured the town from Al-Shabaab after a day of heavy fighting.

[14] Following the capture of El Buur, Shabaab fighters in the town simply began living among the civilian population and melted back into clan militias making identification of the insurgents nearly impossible.

[18] On August 25, 2023, the Somali National Army, alongside local militias led by Colonel Ismael Abdi Malik successfully ousted the terrorist group Al-Shabaab from CEEl Buur town.

The forces are inside the town now," said Ibrahim Sheikh Muhydin, Somalia's army chief, in a speech broadcast live on Facebook.