Lights Go Out in Jordan as Energy Crisis Bites

After midnight on one of Jordan’s busiest highways, only the beaming headlights of vehicles driving between the capital Amman and the Dead Sea pierce the gloom.
      
The highway is lined with street lights as it weaves down from Amman to the valley floor below sea level, but none are switched on. The government can no longer afford the bill.
      
The resource-poor kingdom, which imports 97 percent of its energy, has in the … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance


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