Motor racing-Amnesty accuses F1 of offering Rwanda a 'sportswashing prize' with race deal

Human rights campaigners Amnesty International accused Formula One of hollow words and offering Rwanda a sportswashing prize with a 10-year African Grand Prix deal announced on Tuesday The landmark deal envisages a race sometime in the early 2030s at a circuit that has yet to be built near a new international airport to the south of Kigali It will be the first race in Africa since 1993
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- India
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- reuters
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- Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 8:26 pm IST
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