By RFPosted on 05-08-2019Modified on 05-08-2019 at 01:15

In a week, we celebrate tabaski. Families are already looking for the sheep to be sacrificed on the day of the sacrifice festival. Evidence from Mali to Congo, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.

■ In the Sahel, insecurity destabilises markets

Although arriving late in some areas, wintering has settled in the Sahel. The animals have benefited from the good pastures left by the rains of 2018. The season should look good but there is insecurity ...

Same problem Burkina Faso where terrorist groups have settled in the North and East of the country. The region of Fada N'Gourma is the third largest in the country in terms of livestock. But this year, the market is almost empty.

Supply circuits are dangerous

04-08-2019 - By Gaëlle Laleix

■ Mauritania: five open crossing points on the Senegal River

Mauritania, thousands of Mauritanian sheep have started crossing the river for Senegal. In recent years, the Senegalese government has been sourcing sheep from Mauritania for the purposes of the religious festival. For this year, arrangements have been made both by the authorities and by the breeder associations.

The Senegalese government will buy half of these sheep needs from Mauritania, ie 400,000 sheep

A large production can feed the Senegalese market

04-08-2019 - By Salem Mejbour

■ In Brazzaville, the animals are eagerly awaited

A secular country, Congo-Brazzaville still has a large Muslim community consisting mainly of West African traders. Despite the economic crisis, they are preparing to buy and sacrifice sheep; animals coming here again, largely from abroad.

It's the sacrifice. When you immolate a sheep you have to share with Muslim brothers and non-Muslims.

"We are ready for the party. If you are in good health, there is no problem. "

04-08-2019 - By Loïcia Martial

■ Nigeria: the decline in vitality of the Maiduguri sheep market
reduces sheep supply throughout the country

The Boko Haram insurgency has caused the forced displacement of tens of thousands of pastoralists and vendors over the past decade. To counter the armed group Boko Haram that specialized in the theft of cattle, the army now has a monopoly on the transport of animals.

In Abuja, last year, an average beast traded for 150 €, and more than 300 € for a large beast.

It costs up to € 1,000 for a truck from Yobe State in the north-east to Abuja

05-08-2019 - By Moses Gomis

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