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.
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🇱🇾 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
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• 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 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_...
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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."
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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."
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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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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."
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"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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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"
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"Fasanotti’s assessment paints a sobering picture: Libya’s divisions are structural, enduring, and unlikely to be resolved through conventional political processes alone."
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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."
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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”
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• 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”
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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”
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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."
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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."
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“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”
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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”
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“The Central Bank of Libya reportedly signed a deal for a ‘unified development programme’ that would see the two parties’ finances united."
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November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“The Central Bank of Libya reportedly signed a deal for a ‘unified development programme’ that would see the two parties’ finances united."
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"The discussions mainly focused on opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Chad; however, Abdelatty also briefly addressed Egypt’s stance on Libya."
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The discussions mainly focused on opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Chad; however, Abdelatty also briefly addressed Egypt’s stance on Libya."
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This week’s Libya Gazette is out now.
From Cairo’s renewed push for a Libyan-led path to unification talks and a revealing interview on UK–Libya relations: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#UK #Libya #Westminster #Tripoli #Benghazi
From Cairo’s renewed push for a Libyan-led path to unification talks and a revealing interview on UK–Libya relations: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#UK #Libya #Westminster #Tripoli #Benghazi
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This week’s Libya Gazette is out now.
From Cairo’s renewed push for a Libyan-led path to unification talks and a revealing interview on UK–Libya relations: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#UK #Libya #Westminster #Tripoli #Benghazi
From Cairo’s renewed push for a Libyan-led path to unification talks and a revealing interview on UK–Libya relations: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#UK #Libya #Westminster #Tripoli #Benghazi
Former MP says UK–Libya relations were “mismanaged for more than a decade”.
A rare perspective from someone who worked inside Westminster’s Libya brief.
Read the full interview in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
A rare perspective from someone who worked inside Westminster’s Libya brief.
Read the full interview in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Former MP says UK–Libya relations were “mismanaged for more than a decade”.
A rare perspective from someone who worked inside Westminster’s Libya brief.
Read the full interview in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
A rare perspective from someone who worked inside Westminster’s Libya brief.
Read the full interview in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
“British governments of all political persuasions have been disastrous in their management of relations with Libya.”
Former MP tells the Libya Gazette why the UK must step up.
Read the full interview in this week’s edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Former MP tells the Libya Gazette why the UK must step up.
Read the full interview in this week’s edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“British governments of all political persuasions have been disastrous in their management of relations with Libya.”
Former MP tells the Libya Gazette why the UK must step up.
Read the full interview in this week’s edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Former MP tells the Libya Gazette why the UK must step up.
Read the full interview in this week’s edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
This week’s Libya Gazette is out now:
• UK–Libya relations with former MP
• Egypt pushes “Libyan-led” elections
• Tripoli & Benghazi sign spending pact
• Hungary returns to Tripoli
Read the full edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• UK–Libya relations with former MP
• Egypt pushes “Libyan-led” elections
• Tripoli & Benghazi sign spending pact
• Hungary returns to Tripoli
Read the full edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week’s Libya Gazette is out now:
• UK–Libya relations with former MP
• Egypt pushes “Libyan-led” elections
• Tripoli & Benghazi sign spending pact
• Hungary returns to Tripoli
Read the full edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
• UK–Libya relations with former MP
• Egypt pushes “Libyan-led” elections
• Tripoli & Benghazi sign spending pact
• Hungary returns to Tripoli
Read the full edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
As we wrap up the week, the latest Libya Gazette brings together the stories that shaped Libya, North Africa, and the Sahel, from UN scrutiny on migrant abuses to rising regional tensions and shifting geopolitical alliances: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As we wrap up the week, the latest Libya Gazette brings together the stories that shaped Libya, North Africa, and the Sahel, from UN scrutiny on migrant abuses to rising regional tensions and shifting geopolitical alliances: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
If you follow Libya, the Maghreb, or the Sahel, our weekly Libya Gazette is essential reading.
Concise, accessible, and focused on what matters most.
This week’s edition is available now.: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Concise, accessible, and focused on what matters most.
This week’s edition is available now.: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If you follow Libya, the Maghreb, or the Sahel, our weekly Libya Gazette is essential reading.
Concise, accessible, and focused on what matters most.
This week’s edition is available now.: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Concise, accessible, and focused on what matters most.
This week’s edition is available now.: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
"Numerous Libyan and British human rights groups have demand- ed an independent investigation into abuses against journalists in Libya."
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November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Numerous Libyan and British human rights groups have demand- ed an independent investigation into abuses against journalists in Libya."
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Another week, another edition of the Libya Gazette.
From politics to migration, energy to regional security, a break down of the stories shaping Libya and the wider region.
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#MENA #Africa #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi
From politics to migration, energy to regional security, a break down of the stories shaping Libya and the wider region.
Read this week’s issue for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#MENA #Africa #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In Libya, Abu Dhabi’s backing of Haftar helped entrench the country’s east–west divide by financing and arming his Libyan National Army (LNA0 as it built a parallel state in Benghazi to counter Tripoli’s UN-recognised government: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In Libya, Abu Dhabi’s backing of Haftar helped entrench the country’s east–west divide by financing and arming his Libyan National Army (LNA0 as it built a parallel state in Benghazi to counter Tripoli’s UN-recognised government: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
While seven people managed to be rescued after being adrift at sea for several days, forty-two individuals remain missing and are presumed dead by the UN: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
While seven people managed to be rescued after being adrift at sea for several days, forty-two individuals remain missing and are presumed dead by the UN: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
“As Port Sudan becomes a de facto capital for the army and the RSF governs swathes of the west through local administrators, the risk is not just of prolonged conflict but of permanent partition."
Read my op-ed in this week's edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read my op-ed in this week's edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“As Port Sudan becomes a de facto capital for the army and the RSF governs swathes of the west through local administrators, the risk is not just of prolonged conflict but of permanent partition."
Read my op-ed in this week's edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
Read my op-ed in this week's edition: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
North Africa is warming faster than much of the continent.
Water scarcity, crop failures and rising import bills are reshaping politics and livelihoods.
Read further in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Climate #Maghreb #Sahara
Water scarcity, crop failures and rising import bills are reshaping politics and livelihoods.
Read further in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Climate #Maghreb #Sahara
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
North Africa is warming faster than much of the continent.
Water scarcity, crop failures and rising import bills are reshaping politics and livelihoods.
Read further in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Climate #Maghreb #Sahara
Water scarcity, crop failures and rising import bills are reshaping politics and livelihoods.
Read further in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Tripoli #Climate #Maghreb #Sahara