{"id":4190,"date":"2026-01-30T17:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/total-restarts-mozambique-lng-project"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:06:33","slug":"total-restarts-mozambique-lng-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/economy\/total-restarts-mozambique-lng-project","title":{"rendered":"Total Restarts Mozambique LNG Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>French energy company TotalEnergies announced it is resuming work on its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, after a five-year \u062a\u0648\u0642\u0641 following a deadly attack and allegations that the company was complicit in war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2014described as Africa\u2019s largest LNG development\u2014was halted in 2021 after an attack carried out by armed fighters in Cabo Delgado province. The company\u2019s CEO, Patrick Pouyanne\u0301, said at the relaunch ceremony attended by Mozambican President Daniel Chapo: \u201cI am pleased to announce the full restart of the Mozambique LNG project&#8230; force majeure has been lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pouyanne\u0301 said the work would see \u201ca major acceleration\u201d in the coming months, noting that the first vessel has already begun operations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company\u2019s statement, around 4,000 workers are currently involved in onshore and offshore construction, and the project is 40% complete, with first LNG production expected in 2029.<\/p>\n<p><b>Investigations reveal serious abuses<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Politico published an investigation alleging that Mozambican soldiers stationed within the company\u2019s concession committed widespread abuses between June and September 2021, including torture, starvation, strangulation, and the execution of around 200 men, as well as cases of enforced disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2025, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands withdrew $2.2 billion in financial support for the project, while a Dutch report confirmed the accuracy of large parts of the journalistic investigation.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies denied the allegations, saying its internal inquiries found no evidence of abuses. The Mozambican government also denied that its forces committed war crimes. However, the \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629 sparked criticism in France, where lawmakers called for the company to be questioned about its security arrangements in conflict areas.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies holds a 26.5% stake in the project consortium, which is expected to pave the way for exports worth billions of dollars, despite continuing security challenges linked to the armed insurgency in northern Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. 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The project\u2014described as Africa\u2019s largest LNG development\u2014was halted in 2021 after an attack carried out by armed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Total Restarts Mozambique LNG Project - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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