Rwanda scrambles to save football deals, bike race

The 13th edition of the Tour du Rwanda (Tour of Rwanda), 2021.

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Officials in Kigali are putting on a brave face amid a push by the Democratic Republic of Congo to have European football clubs cancel the lucrative “Visit Rwanda” sponsorship deals over its alleged backing of the M23 rebels.

Congo’s Foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has urged the clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain (PSG) to end their "blood-stained" sponsorship agreements with Visit Rwanda following worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.