Visit Rwanda

Arsenal fans launch £10m crowdfunder urging the club to drop Visit Rwanda as a sponsor amid human rights concerns

Arsenal are considering ending their ‘Visit Rwanda’ sleeve sponsor partnership, reportedly exploring a more lucrative alternative for the coming seasons.

Arsenal faces backlash for ignoring calls to drop its Rwanda sponsorship amid allegations of war crimes in DR Congo. Will the club finally break its silence?

Arsenal defender Jurriën Timber visits Rwanda, highlighting the successful Visit Rwanda-Arsenal partnership and its impact on tourism and football.

Arsenal showcase a clinical performance in a friendly against Luton, and releases a retro-inspired third kit for the 2023/24 season.

Arsenal have reportedly extended their deal with Rwanda who will continue to sponsor the club’s shirt sleeves.

It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on so here is a round up of the main Arsenal news and talking points from the last seven days.

Over a year ago, Nick Cohen wrote a piece for The Guardian saying football fans should be asking hard questions about the money behind leading clubs and, on Human Rights Day, those questions still need asking.

David Luiz spent his time during this international break in Rwanda with some of his family and the club have released a video of how that went.

David Luiz, along with his family, are expected to arrive in Rwanda today [Thursday] as part of Arsenal’s Visit Rwanda sponsorship to help promote tourism to the region.

Arsenal’s partnership with Visit Rwanda has won an award for a ‘unique and transformational partnership by an African brand’ at the Best of Africa Awards.

Arsenal’s managing director Vinai Venkatesham has claimed that 51% of Arsenal fans now want to go on holiday to Rwanda thanks to the country’s sleeve sponsorship with the club.

Arsenal youth coaches Simon McManus and Kerry Green have travelled to Rwanda to lead a five-day ‘coaches-the-coaches’ football clinic in the country. 

The CEO of Rwanda’s national development board claims Arsenal approached Rwanda about a shirt sponsorship deal, not the other way around

Arsenal players were surprised this week during training when a group of Rwandan drummers turned up to entertain them.

There has been a lot of talk over the past week or so about Arsenal’s sleeve sponsorship deal with Rwanda yet the moral outrage from some journalists that greeted news of the arrangement has been conspicuously lacking in relation to deals with the likes of Emirates, Etihad, or Roman Abramovich.

Rwanda have hit back after criticism of their sponsorship deal with Arsenal.

Arsenal have signed a sleeve sponsorship deal with the Rwanda Development Board, agreeing to display “Visit Rwanda” on their shirts next season.