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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 23h

The Libya Gazette delivers Libya and Maghreb news, politics, and opinion every week . Independent, informed, and direct.

Download free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #NorthAfrica #Journalism

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Read it here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #Maghreb #News

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 1d

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_...

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 2d

"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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 2d

🇱🇾 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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 2d

“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

Read here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 3d

🇱🇾 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

Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#libya #politics #EU #MENA #Tripoli

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 3d

🇱🇾 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

Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#libya #politics #EU #MENA #Tripoli

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 11d

“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.

Full story: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #EU #Migration #SeaWatch

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 15d

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
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #Africa #MiddleEast

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 16d

Libya & Italy say that they’ll “tackle irregular migration together.”

Critics call it Europe outsourcing its borders.

Is the partnership another failure in waiting?

Read more: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Migration #Libya #Italy

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 18d

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
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Libya #Africa #MiddleEast

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 21d

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.

Read it here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Migration #Libya #EU #HumanRights
@martinrjay.bsky.social

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 22d

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

maghrebi.org

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 22d

“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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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 24d

Subscribe to the Libya Gazette in order to keep up to date with all the latest news and current affairs from Tripoli, Benghazi and beyond:
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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 24d

“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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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · 25d

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.

Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 25d

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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 25d

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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · Oct 1

"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

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · Sep 30

🇱🇾 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_...

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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · Sep 29

🇱🇾 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

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