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Aden Receives Seventh Batch of Saudi Oil Derivatives Grant

The seventh batch was received by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity Abdul Hakim Fadel, a number of Yemeni officials, and SDRPY representatives in Aden. (SPA)
The seventh batch was received by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity Abdul Hakim Fadel, a number of Yemeni officials, and SDRPY representatives in Aden. (SPA)
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Aden Receives Seventh Batch of Saudi Oil Derivatives Grant

The seventh batch was received by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity Abdul Hakim Fadel, a number of Yemeni officials, and SDRPY representatives in Aden. (SPA)
The seventh batch was received by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity Abdul Hakim Fadel, a number of Yemeni officials, and SDRPY representatives in Aden. (SPA)

The seventh batch of the Saudi oil derivatives grant arrived in Yemen's Aden on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia has dedicated the $422-million grant to ease the suffering of Yemeni people in liberated areas. The delivery of the shipments is supervised by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program from Yemen (SDRPY).

Yemeni official sources revealed that the 60,000 metric tons of diesel were delivered and up to 30,000 of fuel will arrive next within the seventh batch.

SDRPY Director in Aden Ahmed Madkhali said the grant has so far helped operate more than 65 power supply stations and improved electricity generating.

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity Abdul Hakim Fadel said the grant had a positive impact on various vital sectors and boosted the national economy.

Mohammed Nasr Al-Shazly, the undersecretary of Aden, reiterated the importance of this grant in improving basic services, especially electricity. The Saba news agency quoted him as saying that everyone should join reform efforts to improve services.

Assistant Chairman of the Joint Steering Committee to supervise and follow up on the implementation of the oil derivatives grant, Engineer Walid Al-Abbasi said so far, the total quantity of diesel in all batches reached 452,000 metric tons, while fuel amounted to 232,000 metric tons.

The grant is set to provide 909,591 metric tons of diesel and 422,000 metric tons of fuel.

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South Africa Submits Its Main Legal Claim to the Top UN Court Which Accuses Israel of Genocide

A Palestinian man walks past the rubble after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. (Reuters)
A Palestinian man walks past the rubble after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. (Reuters)
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South Africa Submits Its Main Legal Claim to the Top UN Court Which Accuses Israel of Genocide

A Palestinian man walks past the rubble after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. (Reuters)
A Palestinian man walks past the rubble after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. (Reuters)

The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

The document, which the International Court of Justice will not make public until a later stage in the proceedings, puts forth the “main case” that Israel has a “special intent to commit genocide,” according to a statement from South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Israel has fiercely denied the allegations. The government called the case “blood libel” when South Africa launched the complaint in Dec. 2023.

On Monday a court official at the ICJ confirmed that they had received the document.

The filing takes place as the Israeli military has called on Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza, where it has been waging a large offensive for more than three weeks. The UN said earlier this month at least 400,000 people are still in northern Gaza and hunger is rampant as the amount of humanitarian aid reaching the north has plummeted over the past month.

The Hague-based court has so far issued three rounds of emergency measures, ordering Israel to halt a military offensive in Rafah and open more land crossings for aid into Gaza.

South Africa says Israel has refused to comply. “Israel’s continued shredding of international law has imperiled the institutions of global governance that were established to hold all states accountable,” the president’s statement said.

Palestine, Spain, Chile and seven other countries have petitioned the court to join the case.

Israel now has until July 2025 to reply.

Israel launched its military action in Gaza after Hamas-led fighters on Oct. 7, 2023, attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting 250 others.