DR Congo's foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has written to Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and Paris St Germain, urging them to end their sponsorship agreements with 'Visit Rwanda' due to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the country caused by the M23 rebel offensive. Wagner highlights the dire situation in Goma, with thousands trapped and facing food, water, and security shortages, and accuses Rwanda of being directly responsible for the misery. She cites a UN report suggesting 4,000 Rwandan troops are active in DRC, and calls on the clubs to consider the morality of their sponsorship deals in light of the violence and human rights violations.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has urged soccer clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain to end their “blood-stained” sponsorship agreements with “Visit Rwanda ” following the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.
The fighting has led to human rights violations including summary executions, the bombing of displacement camps, reports of gang rape and other sexual violence, according to the United Nations. “Countless lives have been lost; rape, murder and theft prevail. Your sponsor is directly responsible for this misery. If not for your own consciences, then the clubs should do it for the victims of Rwandan aggression.”
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