Yusuf led Somalia's autonomous enclave of Puntland from 1998 to 2004. The strategic territory was mostly peaceful under Yusuf's rule except from mid-2001 to mid-2002, when he was deposed over objections to his attempt to lengthen his term of office. Yusuf was also disliked by the leaders of neighboring Somaliland because of clashes over disputed border territory. __
