Good afternoon. For months now, investors and contractors have been preparing to restart work on the mammoth gas project led by French energy firm TotalEnergies in Cabo Delgado province, after four years of delay. But risks are increasing that the security situation in the region is going to bring work to a halt, just as it did in 2021 when Islamic State-backed insurgents attacked the town of Palma near the project site.
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Insurgent attacks in Cabo Delgado have been increasing, and the insurgents have been moving around the province more and more, with apparent impunity. Recently the insurgents have moved out from their usual locations and been seen in Meluco and Ancuabe districts. Their economic warfare has increased: they have been stopping traffic on the N380 highway to extort payments (see our story today), which links Cabo Delgado’s northern districts to the rest of the province and the country, and have also been squeezing informal miners in Ancuabe for revenue. Kidnappings of fishermen in Mocímboa da Praia district and the coastal part of Macomia have also continued.
