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Somalia’s khat bill: How a daily airlift of mira to Mogadishu drains a fragile economy Somalia’s dependence on khat—known locally as qaad and as mira in Kenya—has evolved from a social habit into a structural economic liability. Official statements tabled in Kenya’s National Assembly on December 3, 2025, show just how lopsided the trade has become: Somalia is Kenya’s largest export destination for mira, accounting for more than 95 percent of Kenya’s total mira export volume. The crop supports an estimated 110,000 Kenyan…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), public finances are still not healthy. Following the resumption of the consolidation of civil servants 'census in April last year, Congolese Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Lihau confirmed at the Council of Ministers' meeting this weekend that the payroll lists of civil servants and agents for the State are full of duplicates, fictitious agents losing $ 240…

Somalia's upcoming election will cost $ 40 million, FM says MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Government of Somalia announced the budget for the country's forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections amid a dispute that delayed the voting plan. Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualle Beileh has said in a television interview on Friday night that the next election will cost $ 40 million, with…