--- title: Total Warns of Islamic State Instability Risk in Mozambique description: Total SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne called on European nations to help Mozambique fight an insurgency. image: https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/hubfs/Mozambique/Mozambique%20map%20twitter.png --- ###### 2 min read # Total Warns of Islamic State Instability Risk in Mozambique By: [ Dryad Global ](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/author/dryad-global) on October 2, 2020 at 10:21 AM [Maritime Security](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/maritime-security) [Indian Ocean](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/indian-ocean) [Industry Reports](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/industry-reports) [Industry News](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/industry-news) [Oil](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/oil) [Mozambique](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/tag/mozambique) - [**](https://twitter.com/GlobalDryad) - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dryad-global/) - [**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSIjPkeq7iDcsj4r9TF9mg?sub_confirmation=1) ![Featured Image](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/hubfs/Mozambique/Mozambique%20map%20twitter.png) [Total](https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/FP:FP) SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne called on European nations to help [Mozambique](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/is-mozambique-safe) fight an insurgency, backed by Islamic State, in part of the East African nation where the energy company is developing a natural gas project. For more than a month, militants have occupied a town about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of where a group led by Total plan to spend $20 billion to extract gas from below the ocean and export it to European and Asian customers. The violence, including [alleged human rights violations](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/mozambique-soldiers-dump-bodies-in-mass-graves-amnesty-says) by security forces, is now creeping toward Total’s Mozambique LNG project in the far northeast of the company. ![Mozambique map twitter](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mozambique/Mozambique%20map%20twitter.png?width=600&name=Mozambique%20map%20twitter.png) “Western powers are realising that a Daesh enclave is settling within Mozambique,” which is “a major problem” for East Africa’s stability, Pouyanne said Thursday during a press conference near Paris. “It would be good if the situation is brought back under control, not just for Total’s project, but for the stability of the region.” Pouyanne, who [met](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-18/total-ceo-met-mozambican-leader-on-security-as-violence-grows) Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to discuss the situation last month, said he can help by bringing the attention of European nations to the issue. France has a vested interest in the region because it owns Mayotte, an island located between Mozambique and Madagascar, he said. Earthworks at Mozambique LNG have progressed, and a landing strip as well as jetties for boats have been built, Pouyanne said. Mozambique LNG, the biggest private investment in Africa, is due to be completed in 2024. Total [bought](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/PYMRYXT1UM15) a 26.5% stake in the project for $3.9 billion in 2019. It’s one of Total’s biggest projects to boost its production of liquefied natural gas in the second part of the decade, alongside operations in the U.S., Russia and Papua New Guinea. 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