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Total intends to resume construction of its LNG project by mid-2025; the company considers the site secure and project financing back on track.
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Total intends to resume construction of its LNG project by mid-2025; the company considers the site secure and project financing back on track.
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Mozambique dossier
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Cabo Delgado
Children as young as 13 participated in a 10 May attack by Mozambique’s Islamic State-aligned Al Shabaab. The recruitment could reflect difficulty obtaining fighters.
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Chronology
French energy giant Total said it aims to resume construction of its giant LNG plant in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique by mid-year.
Total intends to resume construction of its LNG project by mid-2025; the company considers the site secure and project financing back on track.
Open source reportThe U.S. Export-Import Bank re-approved a $5 billion loan for TotalEnergies's liquefied-natural gas project in northern Mozambique, overcoming a key hurdle for resuming construction.
The bank re-approved a $5 billion loan for TotalEnergies’ LNG project. It adds that approximately $15 billion in other financing remains to be confirmed and operations will likely be delayed until at least 2029.
Open source reportHowever, he excluded his chief rival, opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, from the process. Mondlane called his supporters to the streets to protest against Chapo and his government in response, and police injured at least 16 protesters with live fire.
President Daniel Chapo signed an agreement with rival parties intended to end challenges to his election victory, but excluded opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane. Mondlane called for protests and police subsequently injured at least 16 demonstrators with live fire.
Open source reportDaniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party was sworn in as Mozambique's new president today.
Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party was sworn in as Mozambique’s president; the opposition considers his inauguration illegitimate.
Open source reportZimbabwe's Pres Mnangagwa - who currently chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - said the SADC is standing by to help Mozambique resolve its turmoil...if Frelimo is willing to engage in talks.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said SADC was prepared to help address Mozambique’s turmoil if Frelimo entered talks. Frelimo had not acknowledged a need for opposition dialogue.
Open source reportCautious reports from Mozambique suggest that post-election violence has escalated sharply since Monday, when the country's top court upheld the ruling Frelimo party's win - and opposition runner-up Venancio Mondlane urged his supporters to protest the ruling.
Escalating violence after Mozambique’s top court upheld Frelimo’s election victory and opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane urged protests. Prison riots and other incidents contributed to a weekly death toll that one NGO estimated at 125.
Open source reportMozambique's highest court reaffirmed official election results naming the ruling Frelimo party's candidate, Daniel Chapo, the new president... [Mondlane] called on his supporters to stage new protests after the court's decision yesterday.
Mozambique’s highest court reaffirmed official results naming Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo president. Venâncio Mondlane called for protests, after which supporters gathered and threw rocks at police.
Open source reportprotests flared back up after police violently broke up a pro-Mondlane rally... a widely-shared video of an armored police vehicle running down an unarmed protester
Renewed demonstrations after police forcibly dispersed a pro-Mondlane rally; a circulating video showing an armored police vehicle striking an unarmed protester.
Open source reportPres. Nyusi acknowledged an impasse and offered to meet opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane for talks on election results Mondlane has questioned. Mondlane refused to attend in person but offered to talk virtually
President Filipe Nyusi offered talks with opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane over disputed election results. Mondlane declined to attend in person but offered virtual participation subject to his demands, while talks involving smaller opposition parties stalled without a quorum.
Open source reportOpposition figure Venancio Mondlane called for new protests in Mozambique's cities, ports, and border posts tomorrow.
Venancio Mondlane called for demonstrations on November 13 following three previous rounds of election-related protests. Violent suppression and countrywide internet restrictions that obscured the scale of unrest.
Open source reportand seem prepared to quash new demonstrations with the same level of force.
Mozambique’s security forces appeared prepared to suppress new demonstrations with force comparable to that used in previous weeks.
Open source reportFrelimo's defense minister has warned that the army and police standing by to quell protests. They've used violence against protesters in recent weeks, killing at least 18
Mozambique’s defense minister warned that the army and police were standing by; security forces had killed at least 18 protesters in preceding weeks.
Open source reportMozambique's independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane - who came in second to the long-ruling Frelimo party's candidate, Daniel Chapo - has called for mass protests today (and then revolution) over allegations that Frelimo rigged the vote.
Independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane called for mass protests and subsequently a revolution over allegations that Frelimo rigged the election won by Daniel Chapo.
Open source reportFearing spillover effects from post-election violence in Mozambique, South Africa closed its main border crossing with its eastern neighbor at Lebombo.
The closure of South Africa’s main crossing with Mozambique comes from fears that Mozambique’s post-election violence could spill across the border.
Open source reportMozambique's electoral commission declared Daniel Chapo of the long-ruling Frelimo party the country's president-elect, with 71% of the official vote.
Mozambique’s electoral commission declared Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo president-elect with 71% of the official vote. Opposition fraud allegations and a call by Venâncio Mondlane to “paralyse the country,” amid suspicions intensified by the killing of his lawyer.
Open source reportThe South African Development Community (SADC) announced the end of its peacekeeping mission in Cabo Delgado... Those questionably-trained Mozambican security forces will now take over responsibility for the region's security.
SADC was ending its three-year mission after mixed results, leaving Mozambican forces responsible for security amid renewed attacks and displacement.
Open source reportsome of the perpetrators of Al Shabaab's May 10 attack in Cabo Delgado were child soldiers as young as 13
Children as young as 13 participated in a 10 May attack by Mozambique’s Islamic State-aligned Al Shabaab. The recruitment could reflect difficulty obtaining fighters.
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