The government of Saudi Arabia removed an eleven-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia after fears of Rift Valley Fever were allayed, senior Somali officials said on Thursday. "This is a tremendous decision for Somalis across the Horn of Africa ," said Idiris Ibrahim Abdi, the livestock minister of Somaliland , the self-declared republic in northern Somalia, which has developed one of the most sophisticated animal processing plants in its port town of Berbera . "This decision will allow me to triple my animal sales to shipping companies," said Mohamed Hassan Kahde, an animal farmer in the central town of Beledweyne . An official with the Puntland Meat Processing Authority told the Voice of America news agency that they expect to export more than half a million heads of goats and cows to Saudi Arabia in time for the Hajj , the annual Muslim pilgrimage, which will be performed by early December.
The government of Saudi Arabia removed an eleven-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia after fears of were allayed, senior Somali officials said on Thursday. "This is a tremendous decision for Somalis across the ," said Idiris Ibrahim Abdi, the livestock minister of , the self-declared republic in northern Somalia, which has developed one of the most sophisticated animal processing plants in its port town of . "This decision will allow me to triple my animal sales to shipping companies," said Mohamed Hassan Kahde, an animal farmer in the central town of . An official with the Meat Processing Authority told the Voice of America news agency that they expect to export more than half a million heads of goats and cows to Saudi Arabia in time for the , the annual pilgrimage, which will be performed by early December.
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