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Eddie Monkman
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Freelance journalist and editor of The Libya Gazette. Looking to connect with anyone willing to engage to write stories and create articles. DM's always open. https://maghrebi.org/author/emm/
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The Libya Gazette delivers Libya and Maghreb news, politics, and opinion every week . Independent, informed, and direct.

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#Libya #NorthAfrica #Journalism
Sarkozy jailed and Gaddafi’s perpetual shadow, Libya & Tunisia deepen trade ties, and the UN praises a 68% voter turnout in municipal elections.
Plus: three big opinion pieces on crime, politics, and Europe’s migration failures.

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#Libya #Maghreb #News
Libya and Tunisia engage in trade talks.

Focus areas include exports, FDI, and expanding trade under the AfCFTA framework.

Tunisian minister calls for modernising trade laws to include “new areas” of cooperation: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #Tunisia #Tripoli #Tunis
The UN backs elections after reported 68% turnout in municipal polls. UNSMIL has called it a step towards a credible, civilian-led democracy in Libya: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Elections are only one performance of legitimacy in a crowded field that includes militia commanders, tribal councils, and external patrons.” - Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Politics #MENA #Libya #Tripoli #Haftar
🇱🇾 The Libya Gazette – Edition 009

This week: Sarkozy jailed, UN backs Libya’s elections, Gaddafi’s IRA legacy resurfaces, and Libya-Tunisia deepen ties.

Here’s your Libya & Maghreb weekly digest: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi #Haftar
“In Libya, power doesn’t flow through institutions, it flows through people.”

In my latest Libya Gazette op-ed, I argue that Libya’s politics should not be understood through Western democratic frameworks.

#Libya #Tripoli #NorthAfrica #Geopolitics

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🇱🇾 This week in The Libya Gazette:
Sarkozy jailed over Libya campaign funds
UK revisits Gaddafi-IRA compensation
Libya & Tunisia expand trade ties
Opinion: Libya’s politics are personal, not ideological

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#libya #politics #EU #MENA #Tripoli
🇱🇾 This week in The Libya Gazette:
Sarkozy jailed over Libya campaign funds
UK revisits Gaddafi-IRA compensation
Libya & Tunisia expand trade ties
Opinion: Libya’s politics are personal, not ideological

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#libya #politics #EU #MENA #Tripoli
UN envoy Hanna Tetteh has warned that Libya “cannot afford continued delays" as UN electoral roadmap faces uncertainty.

Full article in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Tripoli #Libya #UN #Elections
“A large number of migrants may be returned to Libyan detention centres without the knowledge of external authorities.”

@seawatch_intl try to uncover what happens beyond our sight.

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#Libya #EU #Migration #SeaWatch
From Tripoli to Gaza and the Sahel to Sicily. This week's stories in the Libya Gazette.

Sudanese refugees’ abuse exposed

Libya–Italy migration pact examined

Algeria & Morocco’s scramble for the Sahel
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#Libya #Africa #MiddleEast
Libya & Italy say that they’ll “tackle irregular migration together.”

Critics call it Europe outsourcing its borders.

Is the partnership another failure in waiting?

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#Migration #Libya #Italy
Reports of raids, detention, and hate campaigns against Sudanese refugees in Libya raise alarm among rights groups.

Read this week's magazine covering the growing humanitarian crisis: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#libya #sudan #refugees
This week’s Libya Gazette covers:
🇱🇾 Sudanese refugees’ abuse exposed
✈️ Lockerbie trial twists
🌍 Libya’s role in Gaza’s relief flotilla
💰 The new scramble for the Sahel
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#Libya #Africa #MiddleEast
For The Libya Gazette, I sat down with @andreaterenzio.bsky.social, to discuss how Europe’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya has created a system of abuse across the Mediterranean.

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#Migration #Libya #EU #HumanRights
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New issue of Libya Gazette out now.

EU’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya — and the human cost.

Algeria warns of “foreign interference” in Libya’s future.

Libya’s new higher education strategy.

Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#libya #MENA #EU
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“Europe has lost control of the very policy it tried to contain.”

@andreaterenzio.bsky.social, vice president at the Middle East Institute in Geneva, told me when we spoke about Europe’s decision to outsource migration control to Libya: maghrebi.org/2025/10/07/t...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
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“Political commitments to improve conditions in Libyan detention centres have never been realised because it went against the political interest of both Italy and the EU.”

Read my article with @andreaterenzio.bsky.social in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
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I spoke to @eddiemonkman.bsky.social on the failures, human cost, and political consequences of #EU #migration outsourcing policies, since the 2017 Italy-Libya MoU.
New issue of Libya Gazette out now, inside:

EU’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya — and the human cost.

Algeria warns of “foreign interference” in Libya’s future.

Libya’s new higher education strategy.

Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
New issue of Libya Gazette out now, inside:

EU’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya — and the human cost.

Algeria warns of “foreign interference” in Libya’s future.

Libya’s new higher education strategy.

Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
"Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy but acquitted of corruption, misuse of Libyan public funds and illegal election funding."

Former French president facing time behind bars after his dealings with Gaddafi - maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
🇱🇾 The Libya Gazette – Edition 005 is out now.

Sarkozy sentenced over Gaddafi ties

Refugee abuse in Libyan detention centres

Militia violence despite peace deals

Download here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
🇱🇾 The Libya Gazette – Edition 005 is out now.

Sarkozy sentenced over Gaddafi ties

Refugee abuse in Libyan detention centres

Militia violence despite peace deals

Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social