Work was frozen after jihadists launched a deadly attack on the site of the project near the Tanzanian border in March 2021

Work was frozen after jihadists launched a deadly attack on the site of the project near the Tanzanian border in March 2021

 Simon WOHLFAHRT

France's TotalEnergies said Saturday the consortium it leads to build a $20-billion liquified natural gas project in Mozambique has decided to lift a suspension on the work imposed in 2021 because of jihadist violence.

TotalEnergies said in a statement the "force majeure" halt to the Mozambique LNG project would be lifted but added that Mozambique's government would need to approve the move before work could restart.

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