Secondly, how will the UAE take the news? Will it try to scupper the deal?
In August, Djibouti, tried to cool down tensions by offering Ethiopia access to its port of Tadjoura, in exchange for abandoning the MoU. A potential win win scenario.
Ethiopia never responded to the offer. Sources of mine say that Ethiopia, a client state of the UAE, had considered the deal, but didn't sign along as the UAE wasn't happy with a deal that would gain it zero influence in Somalia.
https://www.voanews.com/a/djibouti-offers-port-to-defuse-ethiopia-somalia-tension/7766797.html