The Rift Valley Institute published in May 2020 a brief paper titled "
Khat and Covid-19: Somalia's Cross-Border Economy in the Time of Coronavirus" by Sahra Ahmed Koshin.
Measures to contain COVID-19 have imposed restrictions on khat imports and consumption that have affected livelihoods of khat sellers. The reduced supply has hit government revenues and shifted more of the trade to contraband. ............
