Emirates Luxury Ad Sparks Outrage Amid UAE's Alleged Arms Support to Sudan's RSF Forces

Oct 31, 2025 11:23 pm CST

Emirates' business class advertisement has triggered widespread condemnation on social media as the UAE faces allegations of supplying weapons to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group accused of atrocities in Darfur. The timing of the luxury promotion has intensified criticism of the airline's home country's reported involvement in Sudan's devastating civil war, which has raged for over two years between former power-sharing partners.