Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal

Exclusive: Foreign minister says she sought meeting with the north London Premier League club to discuss sponsorship by country accused of aiding armed rebels

Arsenal Football Club has been accused of delivering an outrageous" snub to the Congolese government by not meeting the foreign minister to discuss its sponsorship deal with Rwanda.

Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who was in London this week to raise concerns over Rwanda's support for the M23 militia, said she attempted to meet Arsenal officials to discuss the club's Visit Rwanda sponsorship deal.