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Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4
\n
\"Colonel
Colonel Go\u00efta has led two coups in the last nine months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

French troops will continue to operate there independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Colonel
Colonel Go\u00efta has led two coups in the last nine months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

It added: \u201eWhile awaiting these guarantees, France has decided to suspend, as a temporary measure, joint military operations with Malian forces.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops will continue to operate there independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Colonel
Colonel Go\u00efta has led two coups in the last nine months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\n

On Thursday France\u2019s armed forces ministry said that both Ecowas and the AU had set \u201ethe framework for the political transition in Mali\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added: \u201eWhile awaiting these guarantees, France has decided to suspend, as a temporary measure, joint military operations with Malian forces.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops will continue to operate there independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Colonel
Colonel Go\u00efta has led two coups in the last nine months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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This week the West African grouping Ecowas and the African Union (AU) suspended Mali from their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday France\u2019s armed forces ministry said that both Ecowas and the AU had set \u201ethe framework for the political transition in Mali\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added: \u201eWhile awaiting these guarantees, France has decided to suspend, as a temporary measure, joint military operations with Malian forces.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops will continue to operate there independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Colonel
Colonel Go\u00efta has led two coups in the last nine months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is happening in Mali?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coup leader Colonel Assimi Go\u00efta was named transitional president by the constitutional court last Friday \u2013 two days after he declared himself the interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He defended the removal of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane as necessary because they had failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers arrested and detained the two men after a cabinet reshuffle that Col Go\u00efta said he was not consulted about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also led the coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta forced out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col Go\u00efta has now promised that a new prime minister will be appointed within days, and that elections will still go ahead next year as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Mali so unstable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mali is a vast, landlocked former French colony, and large areas are poor and underdeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the chaos and seizing the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French troops helped regain territory, but attacks have continued as the insurgents have capitalised on the persistent political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has all led to public confidence waning over the army leaders\u2018 ability to tackle the Islamist insurgency that has spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.<\/p>\n","post_title":"France suspends military ties with Mali over coup","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"france-suspends-military-ties-with-mali-over-coup","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5397","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5359,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:15:49","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 25 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/exclusive-un-tribunal-lebanon-runs-out-funds-beiruts-crisis-spills-over-2021-05-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has run out of funding amid Lebanon\u2019s economic and political crisis, threatening plans for future trials, people involved in the process said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing the tribunal would dash the hopes of families of victims in the Hariri murder and other attacks, but also those demanding that a U.N. tribunal bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast last August that killed 200 and injured 6,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, located outside of The Hague, convicted former Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayyash was sentenced in absentia to five life terms in prison, while three alleged accomplices were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. read more <\/a>. Both sides have appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court had been scheduled to start a second trial on June 16 against Ayyash, who is accused of another assassination and attacks against Lebanese politicians in 2004 and 2005 in the run-up to the Hariri bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was aware of the court\u2019s financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Secretary-General continues to urge member states and the international community for voluntary contributions in order to secure the funds required to support the independent judicial proceedings that remain before the tribunal,\u201c U.N. Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding shortfall comes as Lebanon faces its worst turmoil since Hariri\u2019s assassination. The country is deeply polarized between supporters of Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies and supporters of Hariri\u2019s son, prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINANCES \u201eVERY CONCERNING\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eIf you abort the tribunal, if you abort this case, you are giving a free gift to the perpetrators and to those who do not want justice to take place,\u201c Nidal Jurdi, a lawyer for the victims in the second case, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrapping a new trial would not only harm victims who waited 17 years for the case to come to court, but would undermine accountability for crimes in Lebanon in general, Jurdi said, adding that a letter had been sent to the U.N. expressing concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be \u201ea disappointment for the victims of the connected cases and the victims of Lebanon\u201c, he said, appealing for international funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eLebanon needs full accountability,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by a 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution and opened in 2009, the tribunal\u2019s budget last year was 55 million euros ($67 million) with Lebanon footing 49% of the bill and foreign donors and the U.N. members making up the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe Special Tribunal for Lebanon is in a very concerning financial position,\u201c court spokeswoman Wajed Ramadan told Reuters. \u201eNo decision has yet been taken on judicial proceedings and there are intense fundraising efforts going on to find a solution,\u201c she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. extended the mandate of the tribunal from March 1, 2021, for two years or sooner if the remaining cases were completed or funding ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres warned in February that due to the financial crisis in Lebanon, the government\u2019s contribution was uncertain and warned the court may not be able to continue its work after the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 budget had been trimmed by nearly 40 percent, forcing job cuts at the court, but the Lebanese government has still been unable to pay its share, according to U.N. documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres requested an appropriation of about $25 million from the U.N. General Assembly for 2021. The General Assembly approved $15.5 million in March.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EXCLUSIVE U.N. tribunal for Lebanon runs out of funds as Beirut\u2019s crisis spills over","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"exclusive-u-n-tribunal-for-lebanon-runs-out-of-funds-as-beiruts-crisis-spills-over","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5359","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5347,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-30 21:05:39","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 30 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1101592\/business\/unprecedented-19-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year trend in power demand growth averaging around 4-6 percent annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slump, as with most other aspects of national economic and social life over the past year, was attributed to widespread disruption unleashed by the economic downturn compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by Nama Group, the holding company of government-owned power assets and related service providers, subsidy disbursed by the government to the sector also declined slightly to RO 614.98 million in 2020, down from RO 624.69 million a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidy typically accounts for roughly half of the economic cost of power generation, distribution and supply to Oman\u2019s estimated 1.3 million customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than one percent of this total \u2014 comprising large government, industrial and commercial customers with a consumption of over 150 megawatt-hours per annum \u2014 pay subsidy-free cost-reflective tariffs. Besides electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply costs, the overall economic cost of supplying power also includes depreciation cost, operation and maintenance costs, interest on borrowings, general and administrative expenses, and tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, the subsidy per unit of electricity supplied by Nama Group subsidiaries last year also grew moderately to RO 18.550 per unit last year, up from RO 18.480 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, starting from 2021, the overall subsidy component is expected to gradually decline in line with a phased strategy by the government to eliminate subsidy altogether over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically vulnerable residential customers however will be eligible for some assistance in lieu when the subsidy is fully withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another highlight of 2020, Nama Group reported a 2.82 percent improvement in the utilization of natural gas towards electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improved efficiency in fuel utilization was attributed to the operationalization of two newly developed Independent Power Projects Sohar-3 and Ibri-1 during the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, electricity losses recorded a slight spike to 9.80 percent in 2020, up from 9.67 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nama Group, comprising as many as 12 subsidiaries, posted a 4.77 percent increase in Group revenue, which climbed to RO 1.31 billion in 2020. Profit After Tax rose 12.29 per cent to RO 67.82 million in 2020. The Group\u2019s total assets reached RO 6.75 billion at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unprecedented 1.9% decline in Oman\u2019s power demand last year","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unprecedented-1-9-decline-in-omans-power-demand-last-year","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5347","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":5306,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-23 21:42:05","post_content":"\n

originally published:<\/em> 21 May 2021<\/strong> | origin:<\/em> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57205968<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides claim victory in the conflict. Now images are emerging of the damage done by Hamas rocket fire and Israeli strikes.https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/6212484\/embed?auto=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants through the conflict, and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
A man looks at the damage done to his house in southern Israel by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Damage
Rocket fire damaged cars and shops in Ramat Gan outside Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had gone to \u201eextreme\u201c lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza, taking steps that no other country in the world had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
Palestinians walk down a street in Gaza City in April before the recent fighting broke out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
That same street, pictured hours after the ceasefire was declared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference on Friday Mr Netanyahu said that his country had \u201eexacted a heavy price from Hamas\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eNot everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya, meanwhile, said the recent fighting \u201edefeated the illusions of negotiations\u201c, describing resistance as the \u201ebest strategic choice for liberation\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eWe, as a movement and movement\u2019s leadership, with all our people and the good people of this nation and the world, will rebuild Gaza,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broken
Broken mannequins lie on the floor outside a shop damaged by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Gaza City\u2019s al-Jalaa tower in ruins after an Israeli air strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An Israeli man walks through his home in Sderot after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"An
An oil storage facility in southern Israel burns after it was hit by rocket fire from Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presidents and prime ministers worldwide have welcomed the ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some laid blame on one side or the other, leaders overwhelmingly called for a lasting political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Gaza-Israel conflict in pictures: 11 days of destruction","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"gaza-israel-conflict-in-pictures-11-days-of-destruction","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=5306","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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