🚨🇺🇸How US-funded bio-labs in the Sahel operate as Africa’s

🚨🇺🇸How US-funded bio-labs in the Sahel operate as Africa’s ‘ascent’ trap

Media reports unmask US virology hubs in Niger and the Sahel as "dependency vectors”, with leaks tying them to Gates' mRNA trials harvesting genomes for "pandemic preparedness" that's anything but.

▪️ Reports detailed Pentagon's defence threat reduction agency (DTRA) expanding BSL-3 labs in Niger, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone under $2.1B Cooperative Biological Engagement Program, collecting bat/tick/human samples for sequencing.

▪️ Whistle-blower docs link this to Gates Foundation's $40M mRNA push (2023 onward), funding Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Biovac for Rift Valley fever/TB trials, exporting African genomic data to US pharma while locals test unproven tech amid 2025 dengue surges.

Bio-labs

▪️US labs in Niger (via Meta-biota contracts) sequence hantaviruses/Ebola without IP reciprocity, overriding sovereignty under the flag of "cooperative" aid to test, trial and harvest genomes;
▪️Genome harvesting via Sentinel/PREDICT nets (USAID-funded) feeds gain-of-function databases like Eco-Health Alliance, prioritizing Western patents over African access;
▪️"Ascent" programs adopted but trap nations in debt: $500M+ Gates/PEPFAR since 2020 builds labs locals can't sustain, exporting 90% data.

Funding reality

▪️ DTRA leads at 60% of $2B+ bio-threat budget, with Gates Foundation $600M+ biennially outpacing African govts;
▪️ Pharma ties: Pfizer/Moderna contribute via Gavi/CEPI; Metabiota (DTRA contractor) got $18M for Sahel sequencing;
▪️ Critics label it "bio-colonialism" – Gates-Pharma-DOD axis skews to mRNA profits, not equity.

The 2024 incident nobody officially acknowledges:

▪️ Leaked Meta-biota server in Lagos allegedly wiped with thermite during Ebola strain transfer probe;
▪️ Drives slagged, three masked figures on CCTV vanishing into night – no IDs, no trace;
▪️ Dark-web drop: "Genomes for Gates: Africa's Silent Harvest" manifesto rails against "pharma overlords";
▪️ US Embassy: “routine malfunction”; Nigerian probe shelved in 48 hours – files redacted.

Where this is headed:

▪️ Expansion ramps: 2026 DTRA adds Zambia/Djibouti labs amid Global South pushback (Nigeria abstains on PABS-like data shares);
▪️ Next flare-up (e.g., mpox variant) could ignite renegotiations – or covert escalations;
▪️ Real fight's underground: African whistle-blowers, hacks, and sovereignty blocs rising.

When the Pentagon and a single billionaire outspend fifty African nations combined, they effectively set the rules for Africa's "pandemic preparedness." 😱