This is mostly due to the growing Somali and Ethiopian communities. According to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF), the buds and leaves of the khat plant (Catha edulis) are chewed for ...

A decade ago, a stimulative drug sold that for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as khat, it’s a plant that’s chewed, giving similar effects to amphetamine. Ten years on from the ...

Somali and US forces carried out an air strike on an area under attack from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group and killed 12 militants, the Somali government said on Thursday. Growing attacks by the Al ...

Joint US-Somalia air strikes and combat killed dozens of Al-Shabaab jihadists attacking a key town and a military base and also destroyed a shipment of weapons, the Somali government said on Thursday.