After a Vuelta a Espana which made headlines more for disruptive protests than any sporting drama, most within cycling would have opted for a low-key World Championships in a venue devoid of political ...

The election of Jean-Hubert Nkurayija as president of Rwanda Cycling Federation (FERWACY) marks the beginning of a new chapter for a sport that once symbolized Rwanda's rise on the international ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of world cycling said the Road World Championships would go ahead in Rwanda in September, dismissing criticism from human rights groups who accuse Kigali of using sports to ...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — On a busy roadside in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, Ronald Yiga bent over his racing bicycle, inspecting the wheels. Dressed in shiny black sweatpants, a yellow, red and green top ...

If successful, Rwanda would become the first African nation to host the Worlds, which "would spark a considerable popular enthusiasm beyond the borders of Rwanda", a press release from the Tour du ...

Rwanda will host the 2025 Road World Championships, becoming the first African nation to host the event. The Rwandan President Paul Kagame was in Flanders to meet UCI president David Lappartient and ...

When Hubert Nkurayija Ishimwe, the newly elected president of the Rwanda Cycling Federation, announced the launch of a Women’s Tour of Rwanda, the news resonated far beyond the sports world. This is ...

LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — Cycling’s 2025 road world championships were awarded to Rwanda on Friday in a first hosting by an African country. The capital city Kigali “will provide a magnificent backdrop” ...

Over the course of one hundred days in 1994, one million people were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide. The bicycle became not only a mode of transit, but a means of survival. In the “Land of a ...

Neil Edwards is the volunteer intern for CFR’s Africa Program in Washington, DC. He is a master’s candidate at the School of International Service at American University and a returned Peace Corps ...