Synergy in Sahel: Russia to Deliver Cutting-Edge Mobile Lab to Burkina Faso
Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov presented a certificate for a Russian-made mobile anti-epidemic laboratory to Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore during a meeting in Ouagadougou, Russia’s Energy Ministry said.
According to the Russian official, the lab is set to arrive in Burkina Faso by December, 2025
Mobile Lab facts at a glance:
🟠100% Russian-made
🟠Up to 800 daily tests
🟠Russia will train local specialists to use the labs;
🟠Easily assembled and transported to any location;
🟠Detects more than 20 infections, including high-risk pathogens.
The talks and agreements also covered launching a Russia–Burkina Faso Intergovernmental Commission and a potential Sahel–Russia Business Council, proposed by President Traore.
Notably, Russia-Burkina Faso trade turnover grew 4.8 times in 2024, driven by Russian exports of food, raw materials, and chemicals.
Russia and Burkina Faso have been of late sharing a lot from economic divide to diplomatic relations.
This comes after Traoré visit in Russia to meet his counterpart, Putin.
