At Friday’s briefing, WHO officials and the IMF Director discussed the global financial measures that will be needed to blunt the economic impact of the current coronavirus crisis, ensuring protections for health systems and the world’s most vulnerable. Economic measures must also account for the world’s most vu…

Yesterday, Brega Petroleum Marketing Company confirmed that the gasoline tank No.121 at its storage facility on airport road was hit by a mortar shell on April 04, 2020. Brega Media Office stated that there were no fatalities, but critical infrastructure was compromised. The storage, which contained 16 tank…

OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9, OPEC sources said on Saturday, as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia over who is to blame for plunging crude prices intensified. The delay came amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for the Organization o…

 The IMF and the World Health Organization on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritize paying medical staff, buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a joint column in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, the heads of the two institutions s…