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Ghanaians involved in the sale of ruminants - Goats and sheep - in the capital, Accra have started feeling the impact of the Burkina Faso crisis. The traders based mostly in the James Town suburb of Accra told Adom News in an interview that the crisis in the West African country is hampering their ability to get new stocks. This has caused a sky-rocketing of the price of the animals. Smaller goats which were for sale at GHC 100 in 2013 and beginning of this year are now being sold for GHC 150. Much bigger animals, they said, now sell at between GHC 300 and GHC 500. The northern part of the country and Burkina Faso are the main sources of the animals which sale booms during major festivities such as Christmas and Eid-ul-Adha. The traders continued that although they could get enough to sell during the past Eid, they wonder if they can get the same or similar quantities to sell during the upcoming Christmas festivities