00:00Burkina Faso has suspended all livestock exports until further notice.
00:06The move is aimed at ensuring the availability of animals on the domestic market.
00:13The measure was introduced earlier this month and has been widely welcomed.
00:18But for livestock traders, it's been a blow to business.
00:26Every year we used to be able to export 500 sheep to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
00:32This year, frankly, nothing has gone out.
00:36The suspension doesn't suit us.
00:41The sheep that we buy in the bush for 100,000 francs were forced to sell for 50,000.
00:51Abase Cabre has been exporting livestock for nearly 10 years.
00:56His Jolongke sheep are highly prized in Ghana and the new ban has hit his business hard.
01:02He's hoping the measure will be lifted after this week's holiday.
01:07If this is a government decision, we accept it, even if it's difficult.
01:14We're asking the Burkinaabe authorities to lift the ban after the Tabaski festival so that we can sell our sheep
01:21in Ghana.
01:22That would be a great help to us.
01:29For the past few months, the price of meat has fluctuated between 3,000 and 5,000 francs a kilo.
01:37The ban has been welcomed by customers who'd like to pay less.
01:41We hope that the price of meat will fall as a result of the suspension.
01:45It would be a real relief for consumers.
01:49The government's long-term objective is to expand the export of meat rather than livestock.
01:55In 2024, cattle, sheep and goat rank third among exports behind gold and cotton, generating close to 12 billion francs
02:05in revenue.
02:05However, the capitalists have been transformed.
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