VIDEO: UK ban means Somalia flooded with low price khat

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 – Somalia – flooding the market and driving prices down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5OIbrArRoA

Hadya Al-alawi reports.

Video produced by BBC Arabic’s Ali Hilani.