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Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha

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North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive year of extreme heat and below-average rainfall. The drought has shrunk harvests and driven up the price of animal feed needed to raise livestock.

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The New Arab

Drought-hit Algeria to import one million sheep for Eid al-Adha

Algeria’s president has announced plans to import a staggering one million sheep ahead of this year’s Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday during which families worldwide purchase livestock for sacrifice. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday instructed his ministers to launch plans for the massive livestock import effort to stabilize costs and meet soaring demand. The plan is the latest in a series of measures designed to ease public frustration …

1 day ago·London, United Kingdom

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Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha

Algeria is planning to import 1 million sheep ahead of Eid al-Adha to curb rising prices and shortages amid drought and inflation.

2 days ago·United States

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Algeria plans to import one million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha

Algeria is planning to import one million sheep ahead of Eid al-Adha to curb rising prices and shortages amid drought and inflation

2 days ago·United States

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Arab News

Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import one million sheep ahead of

ALGIERS, Algeria: Algeria’s president has announced plans to import a staggering one million sheep ahead of this year’s Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim holiday during which families worldwide purchase livestock for sacrifice. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday instructed his ministers to launch plans for the massive livestock import effort to stabilize costs and meet soaring

2 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Prensa Latina

Algeria will import one million lambs for religious festivity

The measure was decreed by the Algerian president, Abdel Majid Tebboune, in view of the shortage of rams in the domestic market and the consequent increase in prices, unaffordable for the lower income sectors. Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice in Arabic, is one of the two major festivals celebrated by Muslims worldwide. It commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his firstborn son, Ishmael, as an expression of his obedienc…

21 hours ago·Havana, Cuba

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BLK ALERTS - Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam’s Eid Al-Adha

North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive year of extreme heat and below-average rainfall. The drought has shrunk harvests and driven up the price of animal feed needed to raise livestock. (Image credit: Anis Belghoul)

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