Why is khat about to be banned?
Why is the UK banning the leafy stimulant khat?
BBC
Habari Zinazoendana
11 years ago
BBC
Stimulant khat in illegal drug ban
A ban on possessing, selling and importing khat, a plant used as a stimulant by Somali communities, takes effect in the UK.
10 years ago
TheCitizen11 Nov
Two MCL drivers held over 120kg khat
Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL) management will cooperate with the police in Iringa Region during on a khat trafficking allegations involving two of its drivers.
10 years ago
BBC
VIDEO: Inside Mogadishu's khat market
Khat - a plant used as a stimulant - was banned as a class C drug in the UK earlier this year. This has meant that its mainly Kenyan producers and exporters have been forced to direct their supplies closer to home, to Somalia.
9 years ago
TheCitizen30 Dec
Police destroy Khat farms in operation
A total of 28 villages in the mountain range of Same District in Kilimanjaro Region have been discovered to have big farms of khat, a plant which is classified as a narcotic.
11 years ago
BBC
VIDEO: Investigating Britain's khat habit
Home Secretary Theresa May is banning a herb called khat, a stimulant chewed by large sections of the Somali community and grown mainly in East Africa.
9 years ago
AllAfrica.Com30 Dec
Tanzania: Police Destroy Khat Farms in Operation
AllAfrica.com
Moshi — A total of 28 villages in the mountain range of Same District in Kilimanjaro Region have been discovered to have big farms of khat, a plant which is classified as a narcotic. The villages at 13 wards have more than 260 hectares of farms ...
11 years ago
BBC
VIDEO: UK ban on drug khat worries growers
As a ban comes into force in the UK on Tuesday on the drug khat, the BBC's Anne Soy reports on concern about the economic impact of the move amongst Kenya's khat farmers.
11 years ago
TheCitizen13 Jun
Denied: Kenya won't be allowed to sell khat in the UK
In a statement yesterday, the Head of Communications at the British High Commission in Nairobi Stephen Burns said the ban comes into effect on June 24, 2014.
5 years ago
BBC14 May
Somalia's coronavirus khat bans leaves chewers in a stew
Somalia's government curbs the use of khat after raising concern that it could help spread Covid-19.
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