Flights carrying the mild stimulant khat have been banned from entering Somalia, leaving chewers of the leaves in a stew, write the BBC's Mary Harper and Bella Hassan. In normal times, around ...

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Ethiopia’s lucrative khat exports to neighboring Somalia have gone completely underground as the trade reels from the effects of the diplomatic fallout between the two countries and cumbersome taxes ...

He’d slink into their home in the Somali capital Mogadishu at 3:00am with empty pockets, his money squandered on the narcotic leaf khat. That changed a little over a week ago, as the pandemic ...

This is mostly due to the growing Somali and Ethiopian communities. According to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF), the ...

Odenwald M, Hinkel H, Schauer E, Neuner F, Schauer M, et al. (2007) The consumption of khat and other drugs in Somali combatants: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Med 4(12): e341. doi:10.1371/journal ...

Kenya has officially resumed exporting miraa (also known as khat) to Somalia market with the first consignment of the cargo taking off on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter ...