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/En_CHILL_ada 17h ago

Exactly. It's like everyone here has forgotten all of the history that these people have lived through. They have extremely rational and logical reasons to not trust western intervention or "charity."

I see a lot of people in this thread bringing up the jihadist problem Burkina is facing. Where did this spread of violent jihadism in north Africa come from again? Was it the western intervention in Libya? Libya was the most prosperous nation in Africa at the time. We turned it into a hell hole of warring jihadist militias.

If you look at all the other terrorist groups that the west and Israel have funded throughout post ww2 history (hamas for one example with current relavence) it's a pretty rational conclusion to think that maybe these terrorist groups were created by the west to destabilize the region and ensure that this wave of self-governance and anti-colonialism in Africa fails.

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u/Professional-Error-3 4h ago

There was literally a civil war in Libya at the time of western intervention. And both the Arab league and the UN were in support of stopping Gaddafi's slaughter

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u/En_CHILL_ada 3h ago

Why was there a civil war?

My understanding is that they were the most prosperous nation in Africa and enjoyed social benefits like healthcare and education. So why did a civil war break out?

Without any knowledge on the history there, my blind guess would be that western governments and Israel fomented the war because Gaddafi was promoting a pan African currency, trading oil in that currency, and was highly critical of Israel and US. But that's just a guess. I could be wrong.

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u/Professional-Error-3 3h ago

Why was there a civil war?

Because people weren't too happy about the ethnic cleansing, oppression and random disappearances of their friends and family

Just do a quick read of this wikipedia article and I'm sure you'll understand that it was in fact not started by jewish mind control, but for very real reasons.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_during_the_Gaddafi_regime