French energy giant TotalEnergies officially relaunched a $20 billion Mozambique gas project on Thursday after a five-year pause following a deadly jihadist attack. TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne announced the restart of the Mozambique LNG project at a ceremony attended by President Daniel Chapo. “I am delighted to announce the full restart of the Mozambique LNG project … The force majeure is over,” Pouyanne told the event. The $20 billion project in the northern Cabo Delgado province on the border with Tanzania was suspended following a bloody jihadist attack in 2021 that killed an estimated 800 people. The insurgency in northern Mozambique has left more than 6,200 people dead since 2017, according to the NGO Acled, which collects data on conflict zones.