Editing Bakool (section)

==Overview==
It is bordered by the Somali regions of [[Hiiraan]], [[Bay, Somalia|Bay]] and [[Gedo]].

Bakool, like Gedo, Bay and most parts of the [[Jubbada Dhexe]] (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. The town of [[Hudur]] is the administrative capital of the region.

In March 2014, [[Somali Armed Forces]] assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with [[AMISOM]] re-captured the Bakool province's capital [[Hudur]] from the [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militant group.<ref name="Gsfgeflstoh">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, Ethiopian forces liberate strategic town of Hudur |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |access-date=8 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=7 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308183205/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |archive-date=8 March 2014 }}</ref> The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.<ref name="Gsfgatcwa">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, AMISOM troops clash with Al Shabaab |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |access-date=11 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152532/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |archive-date=11 March 2014 }}</ref>