Hours before dawn at Soko ya Nadhif market in Garissa, Kenya, middle-aged women in neon hijabs shout orders at men. They glide smoothly, like ghosts, through the darkness, groaning under the weight of ...

Maua, Kenya – Even as drought continues in parts of Kenya, rain has started falling in the hills outside Maua town, in the highland region of Meru, famed for the quality khat grown there. Farmers like ...

More than 10,000 khat (mairungi or miraa) cultivators and sellers in Kabarole District are rallying against the passing of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023, which ...

More than 30,000 khat farmers and dealers have protested against the enactment of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act of 2023. This follows the February 2 signing of the Bill by ...

In central Kenya, one crop is taking over. It’s not food, nor fiber, but a mild drug known locally as muguka, and elsewhere as khat. Reuters reports from Central Kenya that many farmers are switching ...

Farmers and exporters of the lucrative khat crop, an essential stimulant plant, cultivated in vast areas of in the Oromia region are facing an unforeseen socio-economic crisis as a result of ...

The documents noted that until 2013, there had been no khat seizures in the Bay Area for more than ten years, but the drug’s sudden surge in popularity is not limited to California. Last week in New ...

Butambala, Uganda — Officially, the stimulant plant has been banned for seven years. In reality, enforcement of the law itself remains prohibited. For farmers, the question is how to plan for the ...