In New York, three Somali men were recently convicted of smuggling khat, a leafy plant that produces a high when chewed for long periods. Immigrants in Minneapolis-St. Paul, home to three of the ...

Little functions in the Horn of Africa without the drug khat, and trade in the popular, amphetamine-laden leaf is proving to be crisis-proof. Khat sellers have risen to become their family’s ...

Khat falls into the class C drug category but it isn't recorded as a specific drug in seizure data A decade ago, a stimulative drug that sold for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as ...

Former Lebanese economy minister Amin Salam was arrested on Wednesday following an investigation into alleged financial crimes, a senior judicial source has told The National. Mr Salam was ...

Films that are 50: ‘Aakhri Khat’ features a baby on its day out and future icon Rajesh Khanna The debutant actor hunts for his misplaced son in Chetan Anand’s unusual movie from 1966.

Khat, one of the mind-boggling substances with a ready market in Arusha, is highly perishable and must be consumed the same day it is harvested. It is banned in Tanzania.

Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.

The top judge at the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam has been designated Lebanon’s next prime minister in a surprising turnaround for the crisis-ridden country.

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades.

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, Nawaf Salam, has pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” the crisis-hit country, and he has extended an olive branch to Hezbollah, which did not back his ...

The multimillion-dollar khat trade between Somalia and Kenya resumed on Sunday after a break of over two years, a sign of thawing tensions between the East African neighbors. Cargo planes carrying ...

Dar es Salaam — The Anti drugs authority has arrested three suspects in what sleuth say is a breakthrough in exposing new tactics which 'mules' were using to continue trafficking in narcotics.