A woman and her daughter arrange branches of khat into small bundles in Mogadishu August 9, 2014. Grown on plantations in the highlands of Kenya and Ethiopia, tonnes of khat, or qat, dubbed "the ...

SEATTLE — It is a stimulant and social elixir widely used in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and it is one with more than 40 street names in this country, including khat, chat, gat, qat, ...

The British government has decided to ban the import and use of khat, after years of turning a blind eye to the herbal stimulant. As recently as January 2013, the U.K. Advisory Council on the Misuse ...

People crowd to pick their choice of qat sticks at an open air wholesale market in Kenya's capital Nairobi July 10, 2013. REUTERS/Noor Khamis By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plan to ...

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said Wednesday they had made Europe’s biggest seizure of substances derived from the khat plant, confiscating more than 3.2 tonnes of synthetic cathinones at Barcelona ...

A bundle of khat, or qat, a mildly narcotic shrub, at a market in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 1, 2020 — Mohammed HUWAIS Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it had seized nearly 30 tonnes of the mildly ...

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it had seized nearly 30 tonnes of the mildly narcotic shrub khat this month, as part of a larger drug crackdown by the oil-rich kingdom. Khat, or qat, is a leaf which is ...

Afgoye, Somalia – The mood is tense. A group of young men, some in soldier’s uniforms, gather near empty market stalls in this small town 30km west of Mogadishu, the capital. Standing silently, their ...

Khat, a plant whose leaves are chewed as a mild drug in East Africa and the Gulf, contains chemicals that may boost male fertility, an international conference has heard. The research, conducted at ...

Britain’s plan to ban khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, should be dropped because it could alienate immigrants and damage counter-terrorism ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plan to ban khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, should be dropped because it could alienate immigrants and damage ...