Battle for Palma: Total pulls out all staff
EMMA RUMNEYT and DAVID LEWIS FRENCH energy major Total has withdrawn all its staff from its Afungi natural gas site in northern Mozambique, according to sources, as clashes between Islamic State-linked fighters and the military rage nearby. The company, which last week called off the planned resumption of construction at the $20 billion development due to the violence, declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. The government says dozens of people have died since militants launched attacks in the coastal town of Palma last week, in a district near gas projects worth tens of billions of dollars that are meant…