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Is Cabo Delgado-South Africa pipeline now a pipe dream?

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

MOZAMBIQUE

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

Pretoria initially turned to Mozambique in its search for gas for its domestic market. But a planned pipeline between the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado and Gauteng in South Africa will likely never see the light of day. [...] (446 words)

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