"The multinational wants the $4.7 billion loan from the Exim Bank of the US approved before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, Jeune Afrique reported this week. The bank had approved the credit back in 2019 but did not proceed as Islamist violence in the Cabo Delgado region forced Total to pull staff from the project in Afungi. Total has since contracted a consultancy firm to carry out lobbying work in Washington. It fears that the new administration could bring about bureaucratic delays or impose new conditions. The outbreak of post-election violence in Mozambique has aso raised concerns in Washington."