France probes terror attacks
Publish date: 06 May 2024
Issue Number: 1075
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: general
* Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into TotalEnergies to establish whether the energy giant can be charged with involuntary manslaughter linked to an Islamist militant attack on its facilities in Mozambique. It follows a legal complaint lodged by survivors and relatives of people who died in the attack. They accuse the company of failing to protect subcontractors and not adequately assisting with evacuations – claims the company categorically rejects.