Rivalries between communities persist, making divisions within communities that much harder to tackle.
The two countries receive $180 million and $21.9 million respectively per year from their nationals working in Somalia.
The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives.
$114m earmarked for food, climate change mitigation, health, education, was disbursed but in opaque manner.
Parent company, ByteDance, denies claims it shares user data with Beijing for surveillance.