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Alastair Tibbs
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Local Democracy Reporter for County Kerry at the independent.ie. Previously with maghrebi.org
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

📡Algeria: Can one boring Frenchman topple Tebboune's regime?

🌍Libya: The future of migration in a fractured state

🏠Two years later, Morocco’s earthquake survivors are still homeless

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Audrey Verdier-Chouchane: North Africa’s future trade lies South

“Stronger economic ties within the continent could reshape regional growth trajectories”

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@gracesharpp.bsky.social @martinrjay.bsky.social @eddiemonkman.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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In this week's FREE magazine:

💌Revealed: Libya’s new “love affair” with Turkey

✝️Nigeria: the world’s most dangerous place for Christians

📖 Mali rejects the Algiers accords amid tensions

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@gracesharpp.bsky.social @martinrjay.bsky.social @eddiemonkman.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

🔎Russia's house of cards in Libya

🌍Africa's new suicide bombers

🛡️Disabled women protected by Tunisia’s new domestic violence shelters

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

🔎Russia's house of cards in Libya

🌍Africa's new suicide bombers

🛡️Disabled women protected by Tunisia’s new domestic violence shelters

READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

🔎Russia's house of cards in Libya

🌍Africa's new suicide bombers

🛡️Disabled women protected by Tunisia’s new domestic violence shelters

READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Iman Zayat: Arab historic leaders still leave their imprint on nations today

"Official propaganda, personal memory and the disillusionment of the post-revolutionary era bleed into one another."

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

⚖️ Explained: Algeria’s complex web of international diplomacy

✈️ Morocco’s deal fighter jets stirs regional tensions

💰 Tafi Mhaka: Bill Gates' Africa initiative won’t solve bad governance

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Iman Zayat: Arab historic leaders still leave their imprint on nations today

"Official propaganda, personal memory and the disillusionment of the post-revolutionary era bleed into one another."

📖Read in our FREE mag: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Tafi Mhaka: Bill Gates Africa initiative won’t solve bad governance

"Only Africans, through transparent, courageous and locally driven leadership, can heal their wounds."

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

⚖️ Explained: Algeria’s complex web of international diplomacy

✈️ Morocco’s deal fighter jets stirs regional tensions

💰 Tafi Mhaka: Bill Gates' Africa initiative won’t solve bad governance

READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Ⓡ𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭

🎙️I speak to @dubowy.bsky.social & @giorgiocafiero.bsky.social

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🚀Martin Jay: Israel’s strike against Iran could expose US to war

"Netanyahu has blown US talks with Iran out of the water with latest strikes."

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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In this week's FREE pdf magazine:

⚖️Human rights violations in Libya: An endless cycle of impunity

🛠️Strikes erupt as Morocco’s government workers grow restive

🚀Martin Jay: Israel’s strike against Iran could expose US to war

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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In this week's FREE mag:

🌍 Revealed: The real details behind UK's new position on Western Sahara

🔯 "Zionism is a problem": The Jewish voices against Zionism

@tafimhaka.bsky.social‬: Malema “Kill the Boer” chant is a cry for change

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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“𝐙𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦”: 𝐀 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐙𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦

"For decades, Zionism has been presented in much of the Western world as an inextricable component of Jewish identity"

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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𝐔𝐊 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 “𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦” 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭

@ricfabiani.bsky.social‬ talks to us in an exclusive interview on the UK's new deal with Morocco

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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- North Africa

- Sahel

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Maghrebi Week magazines
June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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⚖️ Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved

"So how did we get to this state of affairs? The simplest answer is that we allowed ourselves to conflate elections with democracy"

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Nanjala Nyabola
June 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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In this week's FREE magazine:

🛡️Morocco and Algeria's delicate standoff

🌍Why has Morocco now reiterated support for a two-state solution?

⚖️Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
Maghrebi Week front cover
June 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🌍Why has Morocco now reiterated support for a two-state solution?

"The level of Morocco’s engagement directly corresponds with the pressure it feels from public anger over the issue"

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Download our FREE weekly pdf magazine!

Inside:
🌍Africa's new visionary leader

📝Press freedom at at time low

📢What violent riots in Tripoli mean for Libya

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Download our FREE weekly pdf magazine for MENA news!

Inside:
🌍Africa's new visionary leader

📝Press freedom at decade-long low

📢What riots in Tripoli mean for Libya

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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In this week's mag:

🌍Who is Africa’s new visionary leader Ibrahim Traoré?

📰Press freedom crumbles in North Africa

📝Martin Jay: Ursula von der Leyen will prove the demise of the EU

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@martinrjay.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🌍What can Africa do about Trump?

Read Vera Songwe & Witney Schneidman's brilliant analysis: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

@martinrjay.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM