Africa

Total Edges Closer to Restart Work on $20 Billion Mozambique LNG
Companies hired by TotalEnergies SE to build a $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique have started preparing to resume work on the venture, four years after it was suspended because of a militant insurgency, according to people familiar with the matter.

Vandals, Maintenance Missteps Leave Swaths of Johannesburg Dry
Large parts of Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, have been without water since late last month as reservoirs struggle to recover from scheduled maintenance and after criminals vandalized a key pipeline.