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Political economy
Tracking the institutions, incentives and power structures behind Libya’s public finances and economic choices.
Mohamed AlgarjLIBYAN JOURNALIST · ECONOMIC RESEARCHER
Mohamed AlgarjFollowing the
money. Finding
the real story.
I report on the forces that shape Libya’s economy — from public finance and monetary policy to oil, institutions and power.
محمد القرج · MOHAMED ALGARJ
PUBLIC FINANCE ✦ OIL & ENERGY ✦ DATA JOURNALISM ✦ MONETARY POLICY ✦ LIBYA ✦
01 / PROFILE
10+
years across field reporting, television and policy research
Numbers explain what happened.
Context explains why.
Mohamed Algarj is a Libyan journalist, economic researcher and strategic communications consultant whose work sits at the intersection of public money, institutional power and everyday life.
His reporting and analysis focus on Libya’s central bank, public expenditure, foreign-exchange policy, oil and energy — translating dense records into clear, accountable public knowledge.
2011First newspaper project
AR / ENReporting & analysis
MScManagement Information Systems
02 / EDITORIAL FOCUS
Where data meets
public consequence.
Independent, document-led analysis built for readers who want more than a headline.
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Oil & energy
Reporting on production, revenues, infrastructure and the security decisions shaping Libya’s most consequential sector.
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Monetary policy
Making exchange rates, foreign-currency flows and central-bank decisions legible beyond the balance sheet.
SEARCH-LED RESEARCH
Start with the
question.
Four permanent guides connect the questions international readers ask to the original records and analysis already published here.
Open the Libya research guide ↗01 · OIL REVENUE & ENERGY
Where Does Libya’s Oil Money Go?
Direct answer + evidence ↗02 · CENTRAL BANK & THE DINARHow Does Libya Allocate Foreign Currency?
Direct answer + evidence ↗03 · TRADE & PUBLIC FINANCEWhat Do Letters of Credit Reveal About Libya’s Import Economy?
Direct answer + evidence ↗04 · GOVERNANCE & JUSTICE DATAWhat Do Prosecution Records Reveal About Institutional Risk?
Direct answer + evidence ↗FIELD
NOTES
NOTES
Reporting from Libya
Documented since 2018
Documented since 2018
03 / FROM THE FIELD
Reporting under
pressure.
In May 2019, while covering the conflict south of Tripoli for Libya Alahrar, Algarj and cameraman Mohamed Al‑Shaibani were detained for more than three weeks. International and Libyan organisations called for their release.
That experience reinforced a principle that continues to define his work: public-interest journalism requires proximity to facts, independence from power and the resolve to keep asking.
View the documented record ↗04 / INTERNATIONAL RECORD
Reported. Cited.
Recognised.
A selected record of international reporting, research acknowledgements and press-freedom coverage.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH2023
FIELD REPORTING
The Libyan journalists providing information in chaos
Featured for reporting from Derna after the catastrophic floods and sharing verified information from survivors, witnesses and officials.
Read source ↗CHATHAM HOUSE2023
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION
Security actors in Misrata, Zawiya and Zintan since 2011
Acknowledged among the Libyan researchers whose field research made this major security-sector study possible.
Read source ↗COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS2019
PRESS FREEDOM
Libyan journalists missing while covering clashes
CPJ documented his disappearance while reporting in Tripoli and called for his immediate release and protection as a civilian journalist.
Read source ↗AFP · ARAB NEWS2019
INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
Two journalists released in Libya
Agence France-Presse reported his release after more than three weeks in detention and sustained international condemnation.
Read source ↗VOICE OF AMERICA · AFP2019
MEDIA FREEDOM
Libya’s journalists caught in crossfire
Featured in an international examination of the risks, intimidation and arbitrary detention confronting Libyan journalists.
Read source ↗AFRICANEWS2019
NEWS COVERAGE
Journalists protest the abduction of colleagues
International coverage documented public demonstrations demanding the release of Algarj and his colleague Mohamed Al‑Shaibani.
Read source ↗05 / INDEPENDENCE & DIGITAL RIGHTS
When public-interest
work carries a cost.
Employment ended after public-data analysis
After six years at Libya Alahrar, Algarj said his employment was terminated over analyses published without prior management approval. He maintained that the work relied exclusively on official central-bank, audit and state-investment records and asked a basic public-interest question: where does Libya’s money go?
Read the reported statement ↗A coordinated copyright-report campaign
His Facebook profile — then followed by roughly 260,000 people — was disabled after a sequence of copyright notices. The documented case includes rotating claimant emails, account-level targeting and multiple notices that Meta later reversed as mistakes. Algarj continues to seek transparent review and safeguards against abuse of copyright systems targeting journalists.
View the public account ↗06 / ARABIC PUBLIC WORK
Local language.
Regional consequence.
Algarj’s Arabic commentary brings official datasets into public debate, making complex economic decisions accessible to a broad Libyan audience.
زيارة الصفحة العربية لمحمد القرج ↗Central-bank transparency
Foreign-currency use, reserves, exchange-rate policy and the public’s right to timely financial disclosure.
Public money & accountability
Budget execution, institutional spending and what state reports reveal — or leave unsaid.
Oil, energy & infrastructure
Revenue, governance, production risk and the economic consequences of attacks on critical facilities.
07 / LIVE CHANNELS
Follow the
ongoing analysis.
Real-time commentary in Arabic, source documents and fast analysis of Libya’s economy and institutions.
Latest from XLIVE ↗
Posts by @moelgrj08 / SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Across newsroom,
field & research.
Independent Strategic Communications Consultant
Research, media analysis and institutional advisory
News Producer; Economics Presenter & Editor
Libya Alahrar TV · Economics presenting and editing from May 2021
Freelance Journalist & Researcher
BBC Eye Investigations
Commissioned Field Researcher
Chatham House · Two separate research assignments
Field Monitor
International Organization for Migration — Libya
Contributing Writer — Economic Analysis
Libya Economic Review · Regular published contributions
09 / LATEST ANALYSIS
Read beyond
the headline.
FX DISCLOSURE · DATA INVESTIGATION · 12 MIN
$419 Million Left the CBL’s Coffers Through 104 Companies. Who Stands Behind These Names?
Read analysis ↗ENERGY POLICY · PUBLIC FINANCE · 14 MINLibya’s Decision 550: Market-Priced Heavy Fuel Oil and an Industrial Discount of Up to 15%
Read analysis ↗INVESTIGATION · PUBLIC PROCUREMENT · 13 MINThe Dbeibah Files: A Commission Letter to Abdulhamid, a Bank Account in Ali’s Name
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The most important number is often the one an institution chooses not to publish.
MOHAMED ALGARJ