History of Ali Sabieh

protectorate in the region referred to as French Somaliland. In December 1942, British invasion of French Somaliland about 2,000 British troops and Free French troops occupied the town. Following the conclusion of the 1977-1978Ogaden War, `Ali Sabieh, along with Dikhil, accommodated three quarters of the 8,000 Issa Somalis who had fled Ethiopia. This is to protect the construction of the railway Franco-Ethiopian military post that was installed 90 km of the line to July 1899. It is then guarded by the military "Sudan" from the Marchand mission . This is considered as the border with Ethiopia. The place was not subject to permanent housing before. In 1904, a report notes that "when the border post of Ali Sabieh, it has the appearance of a fortress. Attached to the circle of "Gobad-Dikkil" from its inception in 1931, Ali Sabieh became the chief town of a circle autonomously 1939. He was briefly attached to the circle of Djibouti between 1946 and 1949. It is managed by the commander of the circle Dikhil between 1952 and 1958, before finally receive its own administration.