Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré Blocks Bill Gates' Malaria Project
Burkina Faso’s military government has blocked the Target Malaria project, a genetically modified mosquito initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Target Malaria project is supported by Bill Gates and his wife.
It involves the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria.
The government of Burkina Faso has ordered Target Malaria NGO owned to cease all activities and destroy all their genetically modified mosquitoes in the country.