The UAE has also been displeased with the Somalia government's diplomatic support for rival Gulf state Qatar. A UN report last year estimated the wholesale value in the UAE of illicit Somali charcoal exports to be $150 million a year. A United Nations report last year estimated the wholesale value in the UAE of illicit Somali charcoal exports to be $150 million a year. The UAE abruptly ended its capacity-building and humanitarian aid programmes for Somalia in April after Somali authorities confiscated nearly $10 million in cash aboard a UAE airplane in Mogadishu. The UAE has also been displeased with the Somalia government's diplomatic support for rival Gulf state Qatar.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2020 17:48 UTC