In Rwanda, controversies are escalating after a player from one of the country’s major clubs used the same gesture as DRC football team during the AFCON Championship to condemn the silence surrounding the conflict in the eastern part of the

One hand in front of the mouth and two fingers of the other hand on the head is a sign that Congolese player Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga celebrated a goal during a match between his club Rayon Sports and Police FC in Kigali.

The action that was mentioned on different social networks by many Rwandan network users calling for the club to suspend the player and to the point of requesting him to be expelled from the country and criticizing the act of mixing sports and politics.

Rayon Sports said it was “disappointed by the player’s bad behavior” in a news release Monday afternoon, calling for teammates to be disciplined on and off the field.

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