Awbare (woreda): History
Due to reports of a new wave of Somali refugees reaching Hart Sheik in late 2006, the Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs and the UNHCR together opened a new refugee camp at Awbare on 13 July 2007. As of June 2012, 13,553 individuals were resident at the camp, with a further 11,639 at the Sheder camp.
The Ethiopian De-mining Office reported in November 2008 that it had cleared land mines in Awbare as part of the four million square meters of land the office had cleared in the Somali Region.