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Burkina Faso government halts Gates-funded Target Malaria genetically modified mosquito project
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In August 2025 the government of Burkina Faso ordered an immediate halt to all activities of Target Malaria — a research consortium funded primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and led by Imperial College London — after the project released roughly 16,000 genetically modified male mosquitoes in the village of Souroukoudingan on August 11. National authorities suspended the work on August 18, sealed the facilities housing the GM mosquitoes, and ordered remaining samples destroyed, while the released insects were eliminated using insecticides. On August 22 the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation announced the project had terminated all activities in the country, citing biosafety concerns, environmental risk, and a desire to keep control of the research national. Burkina Faso had been one of Africa's most prominent testing grounds for gene-drive mosquito technology since the program launched in 2012.
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