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/KeithClossOfficial 13h ago

In what world is Traore not a military leader lmao?

He was a member of the Army, was part of the officer group that organized the coup that installed Damiba, then overthrew Damiba along with many of those same officers later in the year

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u/Puzzleheaded-Coast93 13h ago

That’s not what I said.

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u/KeithClossOfficial 11h ago

Ok. And Traore was a part of that same military coup against Kaboré, so what was the point of that?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Coast93 11h ago

The point is that Burkina Faso has had a deeply corrupt government and constant coups since Sankara (who also came to power in a coup) was assassinated, so using the fact that he led a coup to paint him as illegitimate is stupid.