Djibouti experiments with GM mosquito against malaria

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 20, 2024 8:19 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya — Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa state experiments with a new weapon against an unprecedented malaria surge.

East Africa faces a deadly new threat from the arrival of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito native to Asia and the Middle East that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticides.

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