Mogadishu, Somalia ¨C Before the coronavirus hit, Muna Nur Farah had started to hate her husband. He¡¯d slink into their home in the Somali capital Mogadishu at 3:00am with empty pockets, his money squandered on the narcotic leaf khat.
That changed a little over a week ago, as the pandemic spread through East Africa. To curb the disease, the government banned international flights - including those importing khat from Kenya - depriving men like Farah¡¯s husband of the addictive drug.
¡°This week every day, he brings home money, vegetables, mangoes, meat, food,¡± she said happily. ¡°I love him now. Life is superb.¡±
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