Iran Press/ Europe: Head of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has claimed that the U.S. is expanding its biological military presence across Africa.
According to Kirillov, Africa is a new zone of interest for the U.S. Defense Department and related agencies.
The general mentioned the presence of Pentagon contractors in several African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda, and South Africa.
“Washington uses outside actors to hide the objectives of research. These are contracting and intermediary organizations (Metabiota, Quicksilver, EkoHealth Alliance, more than 20 companies) and businesses of the so-called Big Pharma,” Kirillov claimed.
Russia has documents confirming the rapid expansion of the U.S. biological warfare presence in the African continent, he added.
Kirillov cited several examples of alleged U.S. activities, stating that “in October 2023, staff of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases conducted a large-scale survey of hantavirus samples from bats in Kenya’s natural hotspots.
A year ago, U.S. military biologists studied the effects of anti-malarial drugs on local populations.
“In January 2024, U.S. officials from the Defense Department, the State Department, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services met with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa to discuss the continent’s prospects for developing laboratory capabilities,” the general said.
At the end of last year, Kirillov said Russia had obtained documents proving that the U.S. had conducted research on bioweapon components and hazardous pathogens in Ukraine.
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