Before Trump takeover France’s Total wants USEXIM to back its Mozambique gas export plan

(Africa Confidential, Cambridge, 20 December 2024) France’s TotalEnergies is making a final push to win United States funding for its liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique before Donald J Trump is inaugurated US President on 20 January. Total wants to restart the project held up after attacks on it by Islamist militias. The political fight over Mozambique’s disputed elections together with uncertainties about the incoming Trump administration’s position on the Total project have further delayed Exim Bank’s decision on financing.