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Somalia lifts ban on miraa imports from Kenya

Miraa (khat).

Miraa (khat), a mild narcotic drug exported to Somalia, is sorted at Wilson Airport in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Somalia’s Federal Government has lifted the ban on the importation of miraa from Kenya. PHOTO | AFP

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

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Nation Media Group

Somalia’s Federal Government has officially lifted the ban on the importation of khat (miraa) from Kenya.

However, it has imposed certain conditions for the commodity to be admitted on its territory.

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