FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from the Rwandan security forces are seen near the Afungi natural gas site, Mozambique September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambique's ruling party candidate in this month's elections, who is almost certain to win, is likely to continue relying on Rwanda's military and European money to secure its huge gas fields in a region beset by Islamist violence, analysts say.
Campaigning under the slogan "let's get to work", ex-high school teacher Daniel Chapo, 47, is expected to oversee the building of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects currently on hold because of insecurity in northern Cabo Delgado province.