Arsenal fans’ group Gunners For Peace have launched a campaign calling for a trip to arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur rather than see their club sponsor a shirt sponsoring tourism in Rwanda, a nation that supports the separatist rebels in the DR Congo.
The DR Congo government wrote to the Kroenke family, owners of the Gunners, to cut ties with Rwanda, which had received £10m a year since 2018.
As the Central African nation สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ backs a separatist rebel group called ‘ M23’ to mobilise forces to invade the east of the country, fighting the DR Congo government army, eventually capturing several important locations.
The invasion has reached Goma, a city with a population comparable to that of Newcastle and Leeds, England, and has killed more than 3,000 people, according to the United Nations.
This is why a group of peace-loving, vogue Arsenal fans are rallying behind the scenes to ask the Gunners to pressure the club to cut ties with Rwanda tourism.
“Arsenal are a great club, we have great moral standards,” said James Turner, a representative of the ‘Gunners For Peace’ group.
“The reason why the Rwandan tourism promotion partnership had to be terminate is because the money came from the same money that feeds the armed forces that have killed thousands of people in eastern DR Congo.”
“We have to look at it from all sides, really consider it – Tottenham’s tourism PR is still better than Rwanda’s tourism PR.”
It is believed that before the game against Crystal Palace (23 April ) . There will be a gathering in front of the Emirates Stadium .