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A Gas Project Is Collateral Damage From US Sanctions

Rwandan soldiers have been crucial in keeping an Islamist insurgency at bay.
TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, in September 2022.Photographer: Camille Laffont/AFP/Getty Images

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There’s never a good time to get slapped with US sanctions, much less when crucial European Union donor support is due for renewal.