Eid Shoppers Hit By Soaring Sheep Prices In Ivory Coast

Buyers trudged through a muddy market in Abidjan, looking for the best-priced sheep to be sacrificed for Eid al-Adha, with traders driving hard bargains in the run-up to the Muslim festival.

Prices have shot up this year, and animals are harder to come by as the Ivory Coast’s usual supply from neighbouring Sahel countries has been hit by export bans and conflict.

Ivory Coast depends heavily…