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Opinion editor of Maghrebi.org If you wish to pitch an opinion piece please send your article to grace.sharp@maghrebi.org

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Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libyaโ€™s war on women Libyaโ€™s woes are often described in terms of armed factions, oil, kleptocracy, and the collapse of governance. Yet, women bare the country's

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Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libyaโ€™s war on women maghrebi.org/2025/12/16/h...

16.12.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s Maghrebi Week is out โœจ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeriaโ€™s unemployment figures: data vs political spin
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ The hidden cost of Libyaโ€™s crypto boom
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Is Morocco going too far with its deep-water ports?
๐ŸŒ Plus regional news, geopolitics & analysis
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15.12.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zaid M. Belbagi: Why water security defines MENAโ€™s future The MENA's battle against water scarcity has never been more urgent. As climate change escalates, with rising temperatures and

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Zaid M. Belbagi: Why water security defines MENAโ€™s future maghrebi.org/2025/12/15/z...

15.12.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fergus Kell: Tanzaniaโ€™s elections test the nationโ€™s future Tanzania will never be the same again after theย violence thatย engulfedย the nation's October elections. A crackdown on protesters by security

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Fergus Kell: Tanzaniaโ€™s elections test the nationโ€™s future maghrebi.org/2025/12/15/f...

15.12.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lots to read about in our FREE 19-page magazine . . . including unemployment in #Libya, colonial-era crimes in #Africaย and tensions surrounding the EU-#Moroccoย trade deal.

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12.12.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israelโ€™s nuke threat shows who directs U.S. policy: โ€œThe attack . . . focused ย their minds and made ย them aware where they ย needed to improve their ย defensive capabilities.โ€

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12.12.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Martin Jay: The EUโ€™s fantasy of funding Ukraine There is an EU document in which it is stated there โ€œis a problem with the financing of Ukraineโ€. No shit. The real problem actually comes

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Martin Jay: The EUโ€™s fantasy of funding Ukraine maghrebi.org/2025/12/12/m...

12.12.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Osman Mirghani: Cutting off Sudanโ€™s mercenary supply line Americaโ€™s decision to sanction the network serving as a mercenary pipeline for fighters aiding the RSF marks an important step toward disrupting Sudanโ€™s

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Osman Mirghani: Cutting off Sudanโ€™s mercenary supply line maghrebi.org/2025/12/11/o...

12.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mohamed Chebaro: EU migration reform faces uphill start The far right in Europe has been using such a narrative โ€” that the EU is facing a mass migration threat that is bigger than the Russian

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Mohamed Chebaro: EU migration reform faces uphill start maghrebi.org/2025/12/10/m...

12.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Polisario Front to file court appeal over EU-#Moroccoย trade deal . . .

"The matter escalated when ย the EU Parliament rejected a proposal to change the labels of products of the Western Sahara region"
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09.12.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UN resolution falls short on peace for #Palestine: "...Since the truce came into force, at least 340 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers have been killed, which can hardly suggest that #Gaza is more secure."
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09.12.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UN resolution falls short ย on peace for #Palestine: "...Since the truce came into force, at least ย 340 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers have been killed, which can hardly suggest that #Gazaย is more secure."

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09.12.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eddie Monkman: El Hishri is a start but Libya has a long way to go The ICC may now hold Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri in custody for crimes against humanity but Libya still has a long way to go.

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Eddie Monkman: El Hishri is a start but Libya has a long way to go maghrebi.org/2025/12/09/e...

09.12.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Head of Israeli unit that executed Palestinians promoted The commander of an Israeli police unit that was responsible for executing two unarmed Palestinians has reportedly been promoted, according

From the latest Maghrebi Week:
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The head of the Israeli unit that executed unarmed Palestinians has been promoted.

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Head of Israeli unit that executed Palestinians promoted maghrebi.org/2025/12/08/h...

08.12.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Polisario Front to file new appeal challenging EU-Morocco deal The Polisario Front will file a new appeal at the European Court by year end, challenging the EU-Morocco agricultural and fisheries agreement

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โš–๏ธ Polisario prepares a fresh legal challenge to the EUโ€“Morocco deal.

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Polisario Front to file new appeal challenging EU-Morocco deal maghrebi.org/2025/12/08/p...

08.12.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Andreas Krieg: The UAE fuelled Sudanโ€™s war, now it must end it The fall of el-Fasherย has done more than redraw the map of westernย Sudan. It has crystallised a truth long visible to those watching the UAE's

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Andreas Krieg: The UAE fuelled Sudanโ€™s war, now it must end it maghrebi.org/2025/12/08/a...

08.12.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marc Owen Jones: Why the far-right canโ€™t quit Qatar Qatar is not a big country, but lately it occupies an astonishing amount of space in the imagination of a growing ecosystem of far-right

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08.12.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s Maghrebi Week is out โœจ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria renews push to recognise colonial-era crimes
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Polisario to challenge EUโ€“Morocco trade deal
โš–๏ธ Ex-Libyan prison guard sent to The Hague
๐ŸŒ Plus regional news & analysis

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08.12.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Leonid Ragozin: How Ukraineโ€™s scandal is reshaping the war The scandal has delivered a devastating blow to Zelenskyyโ€™s international reputation and to the war at large. The Ukrainian president...

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Leonid Ragozin: How Ukraineโ€™s scandal is reshaping the war maghrebi.org/2025/12/03/l...

03.12.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Awale Kullane: Africa's democracy is not imported For far too long, African youth have been told that democracy is something imported, something borrowed, something foreign to their identity.

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Awale Kullane: Africa's democracy is not imported maghrebi.org/2025/12/03/a...

03.12.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s Maghrebi Week covers Tunisiaโ€™s sweeping political sentences, Moroccoโ€™s growing defence partnerships and Algeriaโ€™s decision to host a conference on colonial-era crimes.

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03.12.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Martin Jay: Israelโ€™s nuke threat shows who directs U.S. policy It is a long-debated subject: whether it is the U.S. that controls Israel, or whether Israelโ€™s influence over Washington has grown to the

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Martin Jay: Israelโ€™s nuke threat shows who directs U.S. policy maghrebi.org/2025/12/02/m...

03.12.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s Maghrebi Week is out โœจ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Land spoliation in Morocco
๐Ÿค Maghreb mediation urged in Moroccoโ€“Algeria tensions
๐Ÿ›Ÿ 47 migrants rescued from a trafficking gang in Libya
๐ŸŒ Plus regional news, analysis & commentary

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01.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr Ngozi Erondu: US health strategy risks widening inequality In September, the long-anticipated US First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS) was released, a document whose very title feels inconsistent and

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Dr Ngozi Erondu: US health strategy risks widening inequality maghrebi.org/2025/11/26/d...

27.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hafed Al-Ghwell: How corruption fuels Libyaโ€™s unseen war This unseen war has hollowed out Libya's state, creating a system where public institutions function as private treasuries for armed factions

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Hafed Al-Ghwell: How corruption fuels Libyaโ€™s unseen war maghrebi.org/2025/11/26/h...

27.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Martin Jay: Western media see the writing on the wall in Ukraine Itโ€™s hardly news these days that the western media are no longer serving both the U.S. and Ukrainian leaderโ€™s interests by lapping up the

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Martin Jay: Western media see the writing on the wall in Ukraine maghrebi.org/2025/11/27/m...

27.11.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eddie Monkman: Sudan risks being divided between east and west As first written in the Libya Gazette, like Libya, Sudan is now a country unofficially but ostensibly divided by east and west.

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Eddie Monkman: Sudan risks being divided between east and west maghrebi.org/2025/11/17/e...

17.11.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New issue of Maghrebi Week out now!

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia suspends another NGO
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria tones down Moroccoโ€™s Western Sahara win
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq plans disarmament ahead of full U.S. withdrawal

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10.11.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Martin Jay: Sanctions backfire and the West pays the price Does anyone really believe that Trumpโ€™s sanctions strategy has any merit when the West ends up punishing its own workers?

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Martin Jay: Sanctions backfire and the West pays the price maghrebi.org/2025/11/10/m...

10.11.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carlos Lopes: Why Africa matters at COP30 Developing economies must plan and propel the green transition at the upcoming United Nations COP30. And Africa is no exception.

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Carlos Lopes: Why Africa matters at COP30 maghrebi.org/2025/11/07/c...

07.11.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0