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Libyan ‘El Hishri’ is now on trial for crimes against humanity committed under the auspices of a since renewed Italy-Libya deal, an irony betraying Europe’s Janus-faced asylum policy, says Eddie Monkman. www.europinion.uk/post/the-eu-... #Libya #ICC #HumanRights #Asylum #Italy #ElHishri

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The first Libya Gazette of 2026. Death of Libya’s army chief Sudanese refugees receive new humanitarian aid Algeria renews call for a Libyan-led solution Outrage grows after insults at anti-government protesters Download here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

The final Gazette of 2025: UN-led efforts struggle to regain credibility. Turkey’s continued military role Economic strain deepens as Libyans face persistent price rises. Download: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

This week's Libya Gazette is still available to download for free: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

Libya’s government has escalated its pursuit of illegal crypto- currency miners, targeting an industry that has flourished in a legal vacuum: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

The leader of the opposition Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi has received a 12-year jail sentence from a Tunisian court: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

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: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

El-Sisi told Haftar in the Egyptian capital that he is committed to providing “all forms of support and assistance” to the LNA and Libya’s national institutions: 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_...

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

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_...

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_...

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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

🇱🇾 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_...

"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_...

"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_...

🇱🇾 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_...

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

"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_...

“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_...

My op-ed this week explores why Sudan risks a Libya-style east–west split — and why reunifying such divides is so difficult: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

"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." Read further in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_... #Tripoli #Politics #Oil #Libya #Benghazi

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

This week’s Libya Gazette is still available to download. Featuring stories on: 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. Download here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

Deadly fighting has broken out in recent months in cities like Janzour and Al-Zawiya, both of which are in close proximity to Tripoli. Read further in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#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

“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

“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_...

🇱🇾 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

“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

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

“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

“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_...

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.

🇱🇾 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

🇱🇾 The Libya Gazette – Edition 004 is out now. 📰 Lockerbie suspect’s new claims 🗳️ UN roadmap: interview with Salem Sahed 🌊 Refugee tragedy off Libya’s coast 🌍 Libya–Greece maritime talks Read the full issue here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

The Consular Magazine’s fifth article is now live, by @eddiemonkman.bsky.social. Since the fall of the despotic regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 (…)

“Amnesty International has drawn attention to the hellish conditions faced by migrants and refugees in Libya.” Read more of @allyfreischmidt article in this week’s Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org/subscribe-to... @martinrjay.bsky.social

“Arkenu is basically controlled by the Haftar’s, specifically Saddam Haftar and it is because of his power that he has been able to get Arkenu to export crude.” Read further in week's free Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_... @martinrjay.bsky.social @allyfreischmidt.bsky.social

The first edition of the Libya Gazette, edited by myself and @allyfreischmidt.bsky.social is available to download, for free, now. The Gazette will report and analyse the stories that will shape Libya. @martinrjay.bsky.social maghrebi.org/sdm_download...

"Libya’s instability and lack of democratic accountability makes it an ideal partner for some states, especially as regime changes further instability." Read my article on the Astakos incident in this week's Maghrebi magazine: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_... @martinrjay.bsky.social