ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) — Gun battles between forces backing the nation’s two presidential rivals forced more people out of their homes here on Sunday, and others said they were prepared to leave because of the worsening violence.

Residents of the Abobo district in Abidjan, the country’s financial capital, said clashes between forces loyal to the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, and those who support his rival, Alassane Ouattara, died down on Sunday after raging most of the day before.

“People are starting to leave because they fear more combat,” said one of the residents, Issa Dembele. “Personally, I’m preparing to evacuate my own family.”

The United Nations says that about 200,000 people — most of Abobo’s population — have left in the past two weeks.