Mozambique LNG project postponed amid port seizure
The port of Palma in Mozambique’s northeastern province of Cabo Delgado has been captured by forces loyal to Islamic State, forcing Total SE to postpone work on its $20bn liquefied natural gas project in the region
The US has sanctioned a group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Mozambique and its leader, Abu Yasser Hassan, placing him in the border region of northeast Mozambique and southeast Tanzania, an area rich in natural gas