r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 23h ago

Biotechnology Burkina Faso says no to Bill Gates’ plan of creating modified species of mosquitoes

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/burkina-faso-says-no-to-bill-gates-plan-of-creating-modified-species-of-mosquitoes/xyk7xm8
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u/Stodles 22h ago

Maybe the fact that half the country is controlled by Al Qaeda/ISIS and they're focused on that has something to do with it...

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u/General_Session_4450 20h ago

Sounds like a good reason to accept outside help while they sort that issue out then.

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u/AccomplishedFail2247 19h ago

Ah, if only they hadn’t kicked out the French military that was fighting them then…

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u/puffz0r 19h ago

"The French can't do it (fighting Al Qaeda/ISIS) themselves. I know that by the fact that they haven't done it yet". The French were there for a long time and they had zero effect on stopping terrorists from menacing the country.

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u/AccomplishedFail2247 18h ago

And the Wagner group is better? War is famously slow, deadly and expensive. There is no winning a war, just not losing lmao.

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u/puffz0r 18h ago

I didn't say they were? If you want Al Qaeda and ISIS to stop maybe pressure the gulf states to cut their funding and arms shipments.

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u/Calm-Director-8896 22h ago

Then they are stupid, Malaria kills more