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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 GHC300 and GHC500. 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. The traders tell of their ordeal in an interview with Adom News Crisis started in the West African country following the overthrow of its leader, Blaise Campaore in a civilian uprising. His abdication of the throne which he occupied for 27-years has led to tension between the military and civilians who would want to take over power from the former. And the intensity of the crisis, the traders insist, are leading them into making use of several middlemen, before getting the animals to transport southwards for sale; a situation which has caused an increase in the price of the animals. The traders are therefore calling on their customers to always come prepared to pay appreciable prices for the animals.