Mozambique Insurgents Attack in Total’s LNG Concession Area
- Fighting is closest yet to Total’s $20 billion LNG project
- The company already evacuated some workers as violence neared
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Mozambique’s security forces fought off an attack by suspected Islamists within the area of Total SE’s $20 billion liquefied natural gas concession, according to three people familiar with the incident, dramatically raising risks for Africa’s biggest private investment project.
Fighters from a group aligned with Islamic State late Friday attacked the village of Quitunda, where Total is relocating communities from other parts of the concession as it builds export facilities and other infrastructure, the people said.