Mozambique Unrest Flares as $25 Billion LNG Work Set to Resume
Satellite view of the TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG Project under construction in Afungi, Mozambique.
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An Islamist insurgency that froze TotalEnergies SE’s $24.5-billion gas project in Mozambique four years ago is intensifying, just as the French oil major prepares to restart development.
Militants affiliated with Islamic State have in recent months carried out raids across the northeastern Cabo Delgado province that hosts the Total project and another led by Exxon Mobil Corp. The number of attacks against civilians in the region has almost doubled in 2025 to the highest in years, according to the United Nations.