The 10 October election of Abdullahi Yusuf as president of Somalia proved divisive; clashes between Yusuf's Puntland territory and breakaway Somaliland killed over 100 on 30 October, with further violence likely, according to November's CrisisWatch report from the International Crisis Group. In Liberia, UN forces struggled to contain a flare-up in inter-communal fighting in Monrovia. The situations in Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria deteriorated in October.