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Vol 66 No 4

Published 21st February 2025


Rwanda

Kinshasa cries foul on Arsenal FC

Foreign minister Wagner quietly dropped in to London to undermine Rwanda’s sponsorship deal with a football club known for its prominent Labour supporters

Congo-Kinshasa Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner took a quiet detour to London on 9-11 February to persuade influential football fans to pressure President Paul Kagame to pull his troops out of eastern Congo-K and halt support for the Tutsi M23 militia that recently captured of the city of Goma, where thousands died.

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