2023-04-21 22:46:25
Very early this morning, citizens stormed the cattle market of El Mina, located at the Nancy crossroads. They came from different neighborhoods of Nouakchott. Who to buy a sheep, who for a few kilograms of meat to mark this day of celebration. Some heads of families are accompanied by their children. The market is busy, there are all kinds of animals: small goats, goats, ewes, large sheep etc. But the prices are not affordable. There was something for all budgets but with the context of inflation and the war in Ukraine, many families had to negotiate hard or made several rounds to obtain a sheep, others simply reduced their forecasts, by falling back on retail meat vendors who, unlike previous years, have multiplied the stalls in front of the usual vendors. Marème, a head of family says she went around several aprons before deciding to buy a “heap” of about ten kilograms. Mohamed, who came from around Arafat post 19th raged and denounced the lack of regulation of the market: “here everyone does what he wants, the sellers waltz the prices as they please, it’s not nice especially on this day of end of Ramadan, a month of solidarity and mutual aid”. Justifying the price increase, Maouloud advances the cost of livestock and its feed. Admittedly, trailers unloaded cargoes of sheep on the eve of the festival, but never mind, dealers and brokers have, as on such an occasion, raised prices.
As at every party, the sheep cutters have taken over the premises since last night. According to one of them, Mahmoud, “we spent the night here to hook up clients, some ask us to help them negotiate the price before proceeding to butcher their animals. For this last operation, the customer leaves part of the sheep, usually the neck, or a few small bills. »Stop, however, with the bad skinners, that is to say, the skinners for a day. They take advantage of this day to mingle with the crowd of “specialists” to get a few quarters of meat that they bring home or resell on the spot to make a little money. It is therefore a big business, butchering, which leaves behind guts and blood all over the square that goes from the Nancy crossroads to the large livestock market at the water tower; the stomachs of the animals and certain unwanted pieces are thrown into the holes that the butchers have dug. Alongside his skinners, a small business is developing, selling empty cement bags and ropes that customers buy to tie up their animals or to transport their meat home. Id Mubarak everyone!
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