It is the latest in a series of economic measures, along with repeated price hikes on basic goods, since Amman secured a $723m (£542m) three-year credit line from the International Monetary Fund in 2016. Price have steadily risen in Jordan over recent years as the cash-strapped government pushes reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund. AMMAN : Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered the government on Friday to freeze new price hikes on fuel and electricity, officials said, after angry protests across the cash-strapped country. Hundreds protested in the capital Amman on Saturday and more took to the streets in other Jordanian cities, despite King Abdullah II ordering a freeze on controversial fuel and electricity price increases. But Friday night, hundreds of protesters were back on the streets outside the prime minister's office in Amman, calling for the government to fall, AFP reporters said.
Thousands protest in Amman and other Jordanian cities, despite King Abdullah II ordering a freeze on controversial fuel and electricity price increases.