The islamist terrorists continue to strike here and there across the continent. This time, it was the turn of Mozambique to suffer their assault with the loss, on Wednesday, of Mocimboa da Praia, a port-rich gas located in the north of Mozambique. The information found by the AFP on the site Moz24Horas, has been confirmed by a military source. "The port of Mocimboa da Praia is fallen ", is there shown. Using a rocket-propelled grenades, the jihadists had hit a boat in the port, according to the military source, who acknowledged that " the situation is complicated ".
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A difficult situation to manage for the authorities
The defense Forces of Mozambique (FDS) were confirmed in the evening that "terrorists" had launched the last week of the "coordinated attacks" on several villages near the port to attempt to occupy the city. "At this time, operations are underway to neutralize the terrorists, who use the populations of these areas as shields," said the FDS in a press release.
The north of Mozambique is the theatre from 2017, an uprising of the jihadist who has made a thousand people and has hampered the development of the exploitation of its gas reserves offshore. The attacks of the workers working on the projects of development of liquefied natural gas had, however, been rare up until now. The attacks in this region have already made at least 1,300 deaths, according to the NGO, The Armed Conflict, Rental & Event Data Project (Acled).
In its latest report published Wednesday, the Acled wrote that " the insurgents and government security forces clashed more or less constant in the region since the evening of 5 August ". In may, the united nations has estimated the number of displaced due to these attacks to at least 210 000. In spite of the turmoil in the region, Total has stated that it would go ahead with his project gas of $ 23 billion.
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Mocimboa da Praia, a site of strategic economic
The port of Mocimboa da Praia, located in the Cabo Delgado province, is located about 80 km to the south of the peninsula of Afungi, which houses important facilities for the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG), one of the biggest investments in Africa with the participation of the French group Total. The port is currently being used in the framework of these activities, natural gas, hence its importance in the region.
in Late June, armed men had killed eight workers of a private company, CONSTRUCTION and civil engineering working for Total on its gas project of several billion dollars in the province of Cabo Delgado. At the same time, jihadists have already attacked and occupied temporarily Mocimboa da Praia. A previous occupation of the city a few months earlier had caused an exodus of its inhabitants.
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