{"id":29354,"date":"2025-05-02T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/arsenal-and-visit-rwanda-gunners-for-peace-call-on-club-to-set-aside-financial-gains\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:32:02","slug":"arsenal-and-visit-rwanda-gunners-for-peace-call-on-club-to-set-aside-financial-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/arsenal-and-visit-rwanda-gunners-for-peace-call-on-club-to-set-aside-financial-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war.<\/p>\n

Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.<\/p>\n

DR Congo also accuses Rwanda of illegally exploiting its mineral deposits, which Rwanda denies.<\/p>\n

However, DR Congo and the rebels have agreed to halt fighting until peace talks mediated by Qatar reach their “conclusion”.<\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday both sides jointly announced they will work towards peace following more than a week of talks described as “frank and constructive”.<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s government has been accused of investing in sport to enhance its global image – a strategy labelled by critics as ‘sportswashing’.<\/p>\n

Alongside the Visit Rwanda deals, Kigali is set to be the venue for cycling’s World Road Championships in September but hopes of the country hosting a Formula 1 race appear to have receded.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Rwandan government said its sports partnerships had played an important role in the country’s “economic transformation” since 1994, and that African countries should get “more involved” in the sector.<\/p>\n

“The Visit Rwanda tourism campaign allowed Rwanda to generate nearly $650m (\u00a3488m) in tourism revenues last year,” a spokesperson told BBC Sport Africa.<\/p>\n

“Elite sport is no longer the preserve of the few countries who have historically controlled it.<\/p>\n

“Global sporting organisations are embracing the rest of the world as they see the chance to grow new fans.”<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s decision to go into partnership with Arsenal seven years ago was perhaps unsurprising, given that the country’s President, Paul Kagame, is a Gunners fan.<\/p>\n

Even with peace talks ongoing, Kudabika is insistent that his club should now cut those ties.<\/p>\n

“Wearing Visit Rwanda is just telling people that it’s okay for people to kill people from Congo,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I believe that if Arsenal value their standards they will drop this.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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