Sool, Somalia current government of Somaliland Sool, Somalia Sool (, ) is an administrative region Somaliland, The Somali state of Puntland also claims the region. With its capital at Las Anod, Sool was historically the seat of the anti-colonial Dervish (Darwiish) movement. The region is mainly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Dhulbahante, Darod, Clan well-represented.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vG5jDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT79&dq=habar+yonis+sool+region&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzrK2gpKjeAhUEe8AKHbIGCK8Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=habar%20yonis%20sool%20region&f=false|title= Diasporas, Development and Peacemaking in the Horn of Africa |first=}}</ref> The Sool region consists of Five Districts. Under the government of Siad Barre, Sool was not a separate region but part of the larger Nugaal province, with its capital at Garowe. It
Africa Action the U.S. has special historical responsibilities toward a select number of other countries—Liberia, Angola, Somalia, and Sudan—that warrant particular attention. The policy approaches to these countries will also be most effective if integrated into policies toward their respective regions. Sustained attention to "focus countries" should always be placed within the respective regional context. Thus, there should be a Southern Africa policy while acknowledging that South Africa is a priority within the region, and a West African policy that recognizes Nigeria's centrality to U.S. concerns in that region. What happens in the DRC, will have profound effects on the prospects for