Rayhan Uddin

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Journalist at Middle East Eye

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RSF fighters commit widespread sexual violence in Sudan, say survivors

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls during the country's ongoing civil war, including rape, gang-rape, and sexual slavery, according to a new report. Amnesty International published a report this week that documented sexual violence against 36 women and girls, some as young as 15, between April 2023 and October 2024. It was based on interviews of survivors and their relatives in Ugandan refugee camps.
Kenya’s former vice president calls for Ruto to be sanctioned over Sudan war

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

The former deputy leader of Kenya has called for William Ruto, the country’s president, to be sanctioned internationally for allowing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan to launder money from gold through Nairobi. Rigathi Gachagua was vice president of Kenya from September 2022 until October last year, when he was impeached after falling out with Ruto. During an interview with KTN News this week, he alleged widespread Kenyan complicity in crimes committed during Sudan’s war.
Sudan tells ICJ that UAE is complicit in genocide

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

Sudan on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of complicity in genocide at a hearing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Sudan held the alleged genocide against the Masalit community in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) would not be possible without the support of the UAE. Khartoum laid out its oral argument as part of a public hearing into its case accusing the UAE of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
France criticised for allowing Netanyahu's plane to use its airspace

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

The French government has been accused of a “serious violation” of its legal obligations by allowing indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane to pass over its airspace - for the third time in two months. Netanyahu, who was issued an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant last year for war crimes in Gaza, travelled from Hungary to the United States last weekend, flying over Croatian, Italian and French airspace en route.
Egypt’s grand mufti rejects fatwa for jihad against Israel as 'irresponsible'

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Nazir Ayyad on Monday said it was "irresp0nsible" for the International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) to issue a fatwa that said all "able Muslims" are under an obligation to wage "jihad" against Israel due to its atrocities in Gaza. The IUMS said all Muslim countries are under a legal duty "to intervene immediately militarily, economically and politically to stop this genocide and comprehensive destruction" and to impose a siege on Israel.
Tariff: The well-travelled Arabic term that became a byword for isolationism

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is 'tariff'. And it’s my favourite word.” That’s what Donald Trump said ahead of the US presidential election, months before shaking global markets by announcing a sweeping set of tariffs being imposed on almost every country in the world. But where does that favourite word of Trump’s originate from? The answer is: Arabic. And there’s at least two competing theories of how it came to be popularised in Europe.
Middle East stocks and oil prices plummet in wake of Trump tariffs shock

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

A combination of newly imposed tariffs by the US and plummeting oil prices has caused a major decline in stock markets in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul stock exchange fell by nearly 7 percent on Sunday, while Qatar’s QE exchange dropped 4.2 percent, and Kuwait’s primary index fell 5.7 percent. There were also drops in stock markets in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Egypt.
Sudan condemns UK for excluding it from summit, while including UAE

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

Sudan’s foreign minister has written a letter to his British counterpart criticising the UK for hosting a Sudan conference without inviting the de-facto Khartoum government, and for extending invitations to allies of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Ali Yousif wrote a letter to David Lammy on Sunday objecting to the conference set to take place on 15 April in London. The summit will bring together foreign ministers from around the world in an attempt to end the war in Sudan.
The losers and worse losers of Trump’s tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on every country in the world is causing shockwaves - and the Middle East and North Africa has not escaped. The US president announced the widest set of tariffs Washington has implemented in almost a century, in an attempt to close the United States' trade deficit. They will be implemented via an executive order, and will be effective for some countries from 5 April, and others from 9 April.
Germany denies Israeli claim it received hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin |Lubna Masarwa |Awad Abdelfattah

Germany has denied an Israeli claim that hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza left the enclave for Leipzig on Tuesday in a "voluntary departure" initiative as part of Donald Trump's ethnic cleansing plan. On Tuesday, Moshe Arbel, Israel's interior minister, arrived at Ramon airport in southern Israel with representatives of the border control directorate and its population and immigration authority.