Troops Eject Rebels Who Besieged Total’s Mozambique Project
- Step toward restarting $20 billion TotalEnergies LNG project
- Mozambique began major counter-offensive with Rwandan help
Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique.
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Troops from Mozambique and Rwanda retook a port town at the heart of a four-year insurgency that led to the suspension of a $20 billion project by TotalEnergies SE.
Soldiers from the two countries took back Mocimboa da Praia, which insurgents with ties to Islamic State have held for a year, the Rwanda Defence Force said in Twitter post on Sunday. The Mozambican defense ministry later confirmed the development, saying operations continued to consolidate their control in the area. The conflict in the region has left more than 3,200 people dead and displaced another 800,000.