Published: August 18, 2014
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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.