Mozambique: Total Shuts Operations at Alfungi Site and Evacuates Completely

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  • French energy giant Total has shut its operations and withdrawn all staff from Alfungi construction site following intelligence surveillance confirming that insurgents were close to their compound.ย 
  • This follows last weekโ€™s deadly jihadist attack in Palma which lies around 10km from Totalโ€™s Alfungi site.

A local military source confirmed, โ€œall the facilities are abandoned.Total made a decision to evacuate all of its staff this past Friday, after drone surveillance showed insurgents were in areas very close to the gas plant in Afungi.โ€

The most recent brazen assault on March 24 was the latest in a string of more than 830 organised raids by the Islamist militants over the past three years during which more than 2,600 people have died. Read more

Total had already evacuated some staff and suspended construction work in late December following a series of violent attacks near its compound. Read more

Funders of the project include the USA, UK, Thailand, the Netherlands, Italy, South Korea and South Africa. Read moreย 

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Author: Bryan Groenendaal

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