DR Congo calls on Arsenal, PSG and Bayern Munich to end their “blood stained” sponsorship deals with Visit Rwanda amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.

Arsenal have been accused by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo of a “bloodstained sponsorship deal” over their shirt-sleeve agreement with Rwanda, in light of the recent invasion of Congolese territory.

DR Congo's foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has urged European football clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and PSG to end parternship deals with Rwanda.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked European football heavyweights Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain to end the “blood-stained” football development and tourism promotion partnership with Rwanda.

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Rwanda allegedly funded European clubs and a potential full-scale war by trafficking Congo’s essential minerals.