[10][11][12] Malte Sommerlatte (2000) states: "In the centre of the study area are the Gadabursi, who extend from the coastal plains around Lughaye, through the Baki and Borama districts into the Ethiopian highlands west of Jijiga.

"[13]In the Ruin and Renewal: The story of Somaliland (2004), the author states: "So too is the boundary of Lughaya district whose predominant (if not exclusive) inhabitants are today Gadabursi.

[16] In 1885, Frank Linsly James describes Captain Stewart King's visit to the famous Eilo Mountain in the Gadabuursi country in the Lughaya District where the Gadabuursi natives informed him of the remains of ancient cities: "The natives had told him that in the hill called Ailo about three days' march south-east from Zeila, there were remains of ancient cities, and substantially built houses...

They stated that they climbed up and entered with difficulty through the small opening; they then went down some steps and found themselves in an immense cave with a stream of water running through it, but pitch dark.

In order to guide him out the people lighted fires outside, and he came out and told most extraordinary tales, stating that he found a race of men there who never left the cave, but had flocks and herds.

"[17]In 1886 the British General and Assistant Political Resident at Zeila, J. S. King, travelling by the coastal strip near Khor Kulangarit, near Laan Cawaale in the Lughaya District, passed by the famous tomb of 'Sharmarke of the White Shield', a famous Gadabuursi leader, poet, elder and grandfather of the current Sultan of the Bahabar Musa, Abshir Du'ale who was inaugurated in 2011 in the town of Lughaya: "Shortly after passing the bed of the large river, called Barregid we halted for half an hour at a place where there were several large hollows like dried-up lakes, but I was informed that the rain-water does not remain in them any time.

All these stories of annexation or protection have been stirring up the minds along this coast these last two years.”[19]In 1937, there was a famous clan conflict between the Bahabar Musa and Abrain, both subclans of the Gadabuursi that took place in the Lughaya coastal plains all the way to Kabri Bahr.

[21]: 167 In November 1989, a camp was established in Aysha, Ethiopia to receive refugees, mainly from the Issa clan, from Zeila and Lughaya.

[23] In June 2009, Somaliland security forces banned trucks from heading to Bullo-caddo, citing the port between Lughaya and Zeila districts as being used for smuggling.

[30] In January 2014, the ARDAA association in the Awdal region held a press conference at its office in Borama, calling on people to help construct the Lughaya port and other projects.

The meeting was closed to the public, but tribal prejudice and cronyism in the Zaila and Lughaya districts were cited as one of the issues that needed to be resolved.

[41] On February 7, 2024, the Bahabar Musa of the Gadabuursi held a clan conference named Talo Wadaag in Ido Cadays, Lughaya district.

The Bahabar Muuse addressed concerns about Lughaya and consensually agreed to reject the MoU with Ethiopia, vowing to defend the land against any provocation.