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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.

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1/ The Libya Gazette | Edition 011 — Nov 10
Sudan’s war is spilling over into Libya’s fragile south-east putting Haftar’s forces and the region’s instability back in focus.

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#Libya #Sudan #NorthAfrica #LibyaGazette
"Libya’s oil and gas sector has been experiencing a sharp increase in interest from companies, some of whom have had their suspensions lifted recently."

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#Tripoli #Politics #Oil #Libya #Benghazi
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thousands are crossing into al-Kufra, a desert region already struggling for food, water, and healthcare.

Refugees face militia control, extortion, and detention in a country with no asylum law.

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#Darfur #Sudan #Libya
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Libya is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention.”

As Sudan’s war and devastating humanitarian crisis forces refugees into Libya’s southeast, Haftar’s control of al-Kufra draws him into a growing humanitarian and geopolitical crisis: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Libya’s oil minister aims to raise output to 2 million barrels per day within 5 years.

The plan is to revive “brown fields” first drilled in the 50s & 60s even as political instability threatens progress: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #Energy #Tripoli #Business
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Download this week's Libya Gazette to read how the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Sudan is affecting Libya's south-eastern border: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Sudan #RSF #Darfur #Libya #Tripoli
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1/ The Libya Gazette | Edition 011 — Nov 10
Sudan’s war is spilling over into Libya’s fragile south-east putting Haftar’s forces and the region’s instability back in focus.

Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
#Libya #Sudan #NorthAfrica #LibyaGazette
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Libya Gazette | Edition 011
Sudan’s war spills into Libya’s southeast, drawing Haftar into the spotlight.

Libya’s brownfield oil revival

EU–Libya energy deals

Haftar’s succession and Türkiye’s rise

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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This week’s Libya Gazette is still available to download.

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Renewed tensions in Tripoli between Dbeibah’s GNU and the Radaa militia

Armed clashes in Misrata as the city sees first major fighting since 2011.

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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Deadly fighting has broken out in recent months in cities like Janzour and Al-Zawiya, both of which are in close proximity to Tripoli.

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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
GNU officials privately accuse Radaa of operating as a “state within a state,” maintaining control over detention sites and key infrastructure.

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#Libya #GNU #Tripoli
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This week's Libya Gazette is still available to download for free in order for you to catch up with the most crucial stories, analysis and opinions from across Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica.

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#Tripoli #Benghazi #Libya
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Eddie Monkman
#TalkAboutSudan:

"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”

The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.

Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“I don’t necessarily see a heightened risk of shifting balances of power in Libya because of events in Sudan at present.”

Read my interview with @robertamaggi.bsky.social from June this year in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Libya #Sudan #Darfur #Sahel #Tripoli
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The organisation Médecins Sans Frontières the, has released a statement claiming that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Libya ordered them to leave the country by the 9th of November.

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#MSF #Libya #NorthAfrica #Geopolitics #Tripoli
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Khaled urged Libyans to see past their political differences and focus their efforts on reconstruction and unification.”

Military leaders from east and west discuss unified security framework: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Benghazi #Haftar #Libya #NorthAfrica #Politics #Geopolitics
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
For the first time since 2011, Misrata has seen heavy clashes between rival militias, the Joint Operations Force and the 24th Infantry Battalion. Read further in this week's Libya Gazette for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Tripoli #Misrata #Libya #Politics #NorthAfrica
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
GNU-aligned forces, including the 444 Brigade and General Security Agency, were placed on alert around Mitiga airbase Tripoli’s only functioning civilian airport after a breakdown in negotiations over control of the site: maghrebi.org/wp-admin/pos...

#Tripoli #Libya #NorthAfrica #GNU #MENA
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This week in The Libya Gazette.
🇱🇾 Tensions reignite in Tripoli as Dbeibah’s GNU confronts the Radaa militia.
⚔️ Fighting returns to Misrata for the first time since 2011.
🧭 Khaled Haftar pushes for a “national security framework” with Misratan commanders.

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November 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Libya Gazette delivers Libya and Maghreb news, politics, and opinion every week . Independent, informed, and direct.

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#Libya #NorthAfrica #Journalism
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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_...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"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
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🇱🇾 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
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“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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October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM