 The country suffered an estimated US$900 million financial loss as a result.Further problems arose with the West when in January 1989, two Libyan warplanes were shot down by the US off the Libyan coast.Many Arab and African states opposed the UN sanctions, with Mandela criticizing them on a visit to Gaddafi in October 1997, when he praised Libya for its work in fighting apartheid and awarded Gaddafi the Order of Good Hope.