The area and surrounding governorate depends on agriculture, mainly the production of coffee, tobacco, corn, sorghum and qat.
The World Bank issued "a correspondingly gloomy and highly critical" assessment, mentioning such social problems as the excessive consumption of the addictive and debilitating drug qat by Djibouti's citizens.
KHAT, a radio station (1210 AM) licensed to Laramie, Wyoming, United States, which held the call letters previously.
Khat or Qat, a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Khat, an African plant whose leaves are chewed as a stimulant
In 2006, at an interview with the Moroccan weekly TelQuel, the supposed Khat al-Shahid leader, Mahjoub Salek, declared that negotiations were the only way to resolve the conflict, and that all it needs was a signal from King Mohamed VI.
Ali's doping test at the exhibition returned positive for Cathine, a banned stimulant found in the illegal Yemeni drug Khat.
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Ali argues he had taken Cathine inadvertently after contracting a cold in China, but widespread use of hallucinogen drug Khat is known among the Yemeni American community.