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F1: DRC warns F1 off Rwanda
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially warned F1 to abandon talks with Rwanda over the possibility of hosting a round of the world championship. Rwanda, currently, along with South Africa, in talks with F1 to host a Grand Prix, has been accused of backing M23 rebels in their fight with the DRC army, in a conflict which has seen thousands killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. In a letter to F1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, DRC foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner called on the sport to abandon talks with Rwanda or risk the sport having the F1 brand 'smeared by a blood-stained association'. 'While I applaud Formula 1's desire to host a grand prix in Africa, I question...
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