Eddie Monkman
@eddiemonkman.bsky.social
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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This week in the Libya Gazette:
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Libyan authorities reported that Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, a militia leader long associated with large-scale migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean, was killed during a security raid: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Libyan authorities reported that Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, a militia leader long associated with large-scale migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean, was killed during a security raid: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
In the latest Libya Gazette:
• Diplomacy and governance in western Libya
• Migration and security dynamics
• Regional power plays involving Egypt and Sudan
• Developments across the Sahel and North Africa
Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi
• Diplomacy and governance in western Libya
• Migration and security dynamics
• Regional power plays involving Egypt and Sudan
• Developments across the Sahel and North Africa
Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi
December 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In the latest Libya Gazette:
• Diplomacy and governance in western Libya
• Migration and security dynamics
• Regional power plays involving Egypt and Sudan
• Developments across the Sahel and North Africa
Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi
• Diplomacy and governance in western Libya
• Migration and security dynamics
• Regional power plays involving Egypt and Sudan
• Developments across the Sahel and North Africa
Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Libya #Benghazi
This week in the Libya Gazette:
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This week in the Libya Gazette:
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• UK diplomatic engagement in Tripoli
• Migration networks and militia power
• Egypt’s support for eastern Libya
• BP returning to Tripoli
• Sudan, the Sahel and regional spillover
Download now: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Libya’s challenges are not isolated events.
They’re part of a system: legal, political, regional and economic.
This week’s coverage shows how tightly those systems are connected: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
They’re part of a system: legal, political, regional and economic.
This week’s coverage shows how tightly those systems are connected: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Libya’s challenges are not isolated events.
They’re part of a system: legal, political, regional and economic.
This week’s coverage shows how tightly those systems are connected: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
They’re part of a system: legal, political, regional and economic.
This week’s coverage shows how tightly those systems are connected: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Libya’s Anti-Illegal Migration Authority has expanded operations across southern cities and valleys as part of a new security plan which seeks to consolidate the country’s southern borders": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Libya’s Anti-Illegal Migration Authority has expanded operations across southern cities and valleys as part of a new security plan which seeks to consolidate the country’s southern borders": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Latest op-ed for @indie_pendent: www.indiependent.co.uk/the-bbc-held...
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Latest op-ed for @indie_pendent: www.indiependent.co.uk/the-bbc-held...
"Libya remains one of the worst countries in the world to be held as a refugee. Forced deportations,
human traffickers and abusive detention centres, such as Mitiga where El Hishri is facing charges of crimes against humanity": maghrebi.org/wp-admin/pos...
human traffickers and abusive detention centres, such as Mitiga where El Hishri is facing charges of crimes against humanity": maghrebi.org/wp-admin/pos...
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Libya remains one of the worst countries in the world to be held as a refugee. Forced deportations,
human traffickers and abusive detention centres, such as Mitiga where El Hishri is facing charges of crimes against humanity": maghrebi.org/wp-admin/pos...
human traffickers and abusive detention centres, such as Mitiga where El Hishri is facing charges of crimes against humanity": maghrebi.org/wp-admin/pos...
Libya’s rampant institutional corruption, predominantly oriented around illicit fuel smuggling out of the country, has simultaneously deterred foreign investment and stifled public spending on ailing sectors": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Libya’s rampant institutional corruption, predominantly oriented around illicit fuel smuggling out of the country, has simultaneously deterred foreign investment and stifled public spending on ailing sectors": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Threats were delivered merely days before the launch of “Tripoli Media Days”, a notable event that the western Libyan administration, the Government of National Unity (GNU)": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"Threats were delivered merely days before the launch of “Tripoli Media Days”, a notable event that the western Libyan administration, the Government of National Unity (GNU)": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"New regional economic indicators were published by Trading Economics, which illustrated the scale of Libya’s labour market stagnation": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"New regional economic indicators were published by Trading Economics, which illustrated the scale of Libya’s labour market stagnation": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
With the ICC now able to investigate crimes committed on Libyan soil through 2027, the next few years will determine whether accountability becomes a pillar of Libya’s future or remains an exception: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
With the ICC now able to investigate crimes committed on Libyan soil through 2027, the next few years will determine whether accountability becomes a pillar of Libya’s future or remains an exception: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Brunner reportedly spoke in an interview with Times of Malta, saying that the EU has no option but to strategise with Libya to tackle irregular migration": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#EU #Brunner #Libya
#EU #Brunner #Libya
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Brunner reportedly spoke in an interview with Times of Malta, saying that the EU has no option but to strategise with Libya to tackle irregular migration": maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#EU #Brunner #Libya
#EU #Brunner #Libya
El Hishri is suspected of “having committed directly him- self, ordered or overseen crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
El Hishri is suspected of “having committed directly him- self, ordered or overseen crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
El Hishri will face the ICC.
Nine more men accused of torture, rape and murder remain free.
My op-ed in this week’s Libya Gazette:
maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Mitiga #ElHishri #Libya #Refugees
Nine more men accused of torture, rape and murder remain free.
My op-ed in this week’s Libya Gazette:
maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Mitiga #ElHishri #Libya #Refugees
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
El Hishri will face the ICC.
Nine more men accused of torture, rape and murder remain free.
My op-ed in this week’s Libya Gazette:
maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Mitiga #ElHishri #Libya #Refugees
Nine more men accused of torture, rape and murder remain free.
My op-ed in this week’s Libya Gazette:
maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Mitiga #ElHishri #Libya #Refugees
🇱🇾 Libya Gazette — Edition 015
• El Hishri’s ICC transfer: justice begins
• Detention system still expanding
• East Libya pushes back on EU border demands
• Mass deportations and rising abuses
Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• El Hishri’s ICC transfer: justice begins
• Detention system still expanding
• East Libya pushes back on EU border demands
• Mass deportations and rising abuses
Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
maghrebi.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🇱🇾 Libya Gazette — Edition 015
• El Hishri’s ICC transfer: justice begins
• Detention system still expanding
• East Libya pushes back on EU border demands
• Mass deportations and rising abuses
Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• El Hishri’s ICC transfer: justice begins
• Detention system still expanding
• East Libya pushes back on EU border demands
• Mass deportations and rising abuses
Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Libya’s social fabric is still defined by tribal loyalty and regional competition. Militias and factional networks emerged not after 2011, but were empowered by the collapse of centralised authority."
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Libya’s social fabric is still defined by tribal loyalty and regional competition. Militias and factional networks emerged not after 2011, but were empowered by the collapse of centralised authority."
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend UN authorised states’ ability to inspect ships which potentially violate the arms embargo on Libya."
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Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend UN authorised states’ ability to inspect ships which potentially violate the arms embargo on Libya."
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Libya’s National Centre of Meteorology has revealed that the country is enduring one of the most extreme drought periods in its modern history"
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Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Libya’s National Centre of Meteorology has revealed that the country is enduring one of the most extreme drought periods in its modern history"
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Fasanotti’s assessment paints a sobering picture: Libya’s divisions are structural, enduring, and unlikely to be resolved through conventional political processes alone."
Read the full article here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read the full article here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Fasanotti’s assessment paints a sobering picture: Libya’s divisions are structural, enduring, and unlikely to be resolved through conventional political processes alone."
Read the full article here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read the full article here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
🇱🇾 Libya Gazette — Edition 014
• US firms eye Libya’s energy sector
• Extreme drought reshapes climate cycle
• 47 Egyptian migrants rescued
• UN extends arms-embargo ship checks
• Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• US firms eye Libya’s energy sector
• Extreme drought reshapes climate cycle
• 47 Egyptian migrants rescued
• UN extends arms-embargo ship checks
• Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🇱🇾 Libya Gazette — Edition 014
• US firms eye Libya’s energy sector
• Extreme drought reshapes climate cycle
• 47 Egyptian migrants rescued
• UN extends arms-embargo ship checks
• Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• US firms eye Libya’s energy sector
• Extreme drought reshapes climate cycle
• 47 Egyptian migrants rescued
• UN extends arms-embargo ship checks
• Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
“Libya would need a miracle: huge protests to erase the political class… or an international military contingent.”
Read the full interview on the distant prospect of unification here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Geopolitics #Libya
Read the full interview on the distant prospect of unification here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Geopolitics #Libya
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Libya would need a miracle: huge protests to erase the political class… or an international military contingent.”
Read the full interview on the distant prospect of unification here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Geopolitics #Libya
Read the full interview on the distant prospect of unification here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Geopolitics #Libya
Pleased to have spoken with Federica Saini Fasanotti from ISPI on why unification between Tripoli and Benghazi is increasingly unlikely: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Benghazi #Libya
#Tripoli #Benghazi #Libya
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pleased to have spoken with Federica Saini Fasanotti from ISPI on why unification between Tripoli and Benghazi is increasingly unlikely: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Benghazi #Libya
#Tripoli #Benghazi #Libya
Libya Gazette 014
US oil giants eye Libya’s Energy Conference 2026
UN extends arms-embargo ship inspections
Maghreb states urged to mediate Morocco–Algeria tensions
Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
US oil giants eye Libya’s Energy Conference 2026
UN extends arms-embargo ship inspections
Maghreb states urged to mediate Morocco–Algeria tensions
Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Libya Gazette 014
US oil giants eye Libya’s Energy Conference 2026
UN extends arms-embargo ship inspections
Maghreb states urged to mediate Morocco–Algeria tensions
Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
US oil giants eye Libya’s Energy Conference 2026
UN extends arms-embargo ship inspections
Maghreb states urged to mediate Morocco–Algeria tensions
Interview: “Libya is a proto-state of militias”
Read: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"You do not create a normal, functioning modern democracy overnight after 42 years of brutal dictatorship and therefore it is going to take time for Benghazi and Tripoli to come together."
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"You do not create a normal, functioning modern democracy overnight after 42 years of brutal dictatorship and therefore it is going to take time for Benghazi and Tripoli to come together."
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
“While Libya’s oil industry has seen major investments from global companies, the sector’s constant link to corruption and smuggling is set to be negatively impacting the industry’s prospects”
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“While Libya’s oil industry has seen major investments from global companies, the sector’s constant link to corruption and smuggling is set to be negatively impacting the industry’s prospects”
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read further: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...