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Great News! Burkina Faso Bans Gates-Backed GMO Mosquito Experiments. Burkina Faso has announced a nationwide end to the activities of Target Malaria, the research consortium funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The decision effectively halts all experimentation with genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the West African country. The Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation revealed that the enclosures containing GM mosquitoes were sealed on August 18. “All samples will be destroyed according to an indicated protocol.” With the government’s decision, Burkina Faso has become the first country to formally shut down Target Malaria’s activities nationwide, reflecting growing skepticism over the safety, ethics, and necessity of gene-drive mosquito experiments. In the U.S., we’ve been fighting against Oxitec's GMO mosquitoes, a company also backed by Gates. Oxitec's application at the EPA is asking for deregulation so they can sell their risky mosquitoes directly to consumers. It’ll be a day to celebrate if we can finally send Oxitec’s mosquitoes into the dustbin of history. Learn more about Oxitec and GMO mosquitoes in our podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHq3PjM-Cx4 Read the Burkina Faso news: https://westafricaweekly.com/burkina-faso-bans-gates-backed-gm-mosquito-experiments-samples-to-be-destroyed-nationwide/