CHRIS ROPER: The dark truth behind Rwanda’s fairytale
Forget Kagame’s spin: his country is an autocratic dictatorship with well-documented human rights issues. All the sportswashing in the world won’t remove that stain
01 February 2024 - 05:00
Fans of the English Premier League will be familiar with a slogan that has been emblazoned in ironic gold on the sleeves of Arsenal FC’s home strip since 2018. “Visit Rwanda,” it exhorts us.
The current four-year sponsorship deal, signed in 2021, is worth £10m a year, or $12.5m in that other imperial currency. Arsenal are currently joint second on the Premier League table...
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