ATAQ, Yemen — It can be as early as 7 in the morning, or 10, or as late as 2 p.m. It doesn’t matter. Whenever the khat market opens, customers come. It draws them like a magnet to the run-down edge of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opinion is divided on whether banning khat in the UK is the right thing The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned class C drug in the UK. But how big a ...

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 main ...

Israeli in France sentenced to 2 years for khat smuggling 20-year-old also fined; since late 2018, over 100 Israelis have been arrested for smuggling narcotic plant, which is legal in Israel but ...

The chewing of khat leaves is common in the Horn of Africa, but in eastern Ethiopia it is both big business and a big worry for the authorities. Khat is a major agricultural crop. Yet many some say it ...

The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned class C drug in the UK. But how big a problem is it and why are ministers making it illegal? It could be a ...