Khat: the cocaine of Africa—the mint green leaf of the shrub Catha edulis—is a way of life in the new nation of Djibouti and the ancient land of Yemen. Grown on large farms resembling old-world tea ...

Khat, or Catha edulis, is a shrub native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Its leaves are chewed for their stimulant effects, a practice deeply embedded in the social and cultural ...

Noon in the Yemen. A sullen hour with the sun at its scorching zenith, the entire country is tense, on the verge of a national itch. When matters of war, and near-famine, fade to irrelevance. Relief ...

FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - The Florence County Sheriff’s Office continues to combat drug crimes in the county but they said drug smugglers are using a decades-old drug to move all sorts of illegal drugs ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - "The president has arrived, the president has arrived," chant youths in Mogadishu's Beerta Khaatka market, as armed men in trucks mounted with machine guns escort lorries with ...

Jama Absiya's wife thought he'd killed someone. Why else would armed federal agents be pounding on their door at 6:30 on a Wednesday morning? Absiya was just finishing his shift as a taxi driver when ...

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Trade groups behind the plant, a popular stimulant, put pressure on Kenyan authorities to end the 15-year closure.

Khat (Catha edulis) is a plant native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, chewed for its stimulant effects by millions worldwide. Its sympathomimetic properties, primarily due to cathinone and ...

A trader displays bundles of miraa. Kemri has backtracked on miraa, says it’s bad for mental health. [File, Standard] Scientists at Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) now say miraa is bad for ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Five men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of the illegal African drug khat into the U.S. all received prison sentences of one year or less Friday, ...

MOGADISHU, Aug 26 (Reuters) - "The president has arrived, the president has arrived," chant youths in Mogadishu's Beerta Khaatka market, as armed men in trucks mounted with machine guns escort lorries ...