They don't pay the Somali people, they pay the elite wannabe. The enemy of my enemy is not my enemy.This tbh, matter of fact the relationship was a liability since Iran is a known financier of insurgency in the country. They only used our coasts to guard their ships, we weren't getting anything but dead aid.
Us cutting them off and siding with Saudi also forces that Al Saud family to pay for our loyalty. It's a win-win