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The road to Rwanda – How cycling arrived at a landmark African World Championships

Cyclingnews looks at the preparations and hopes for the first-ever Road World Championships on African soil

Cycling News

Chloé Dygert and Magnus Sheffield lead 23-rider US roster at Kigali Road Worlds

Robust selection of junior, U23 and elite riders missing women's USPro road champion Kristen Faulkner, out with injury

Cycling News

Neve Bradbury and Jai Hindley lead Australian squads for World Championships in Kigali

Team will focus on aggressive racing and defending rainbow jersey in mixed relay

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Why Rwanda needs to be on your bucket list: a first-timer’s guide to ‘the Land of a Thousand Hills’

A dizzying capital, opportunities for tracking endangered gorillas in the mountains and to see the Big Five — plus spoiling stays. Rwanda is not to be overlooked, says Gina Jackson

Evening Standard

East African countries and open borders: great strides, but still a long way to go

It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber drivers in South Africa. But there is a big difference. A Ugandan working in Rwanda most likely has a secure legal right to be there, whereas Zimbabweans working in South…

The Conversation

Rwanda and Russia look to lock in influence as CAR president eyes third term

Kigali and Moscow expected to back re-election of Faustin-Archange Touadéra as they seek to shield strategic interests

The Guardian - UK

Turning point or pointless turn: Will DR Congo-Rwanda deal bring peace?

From critical minerals to M23 and grassroots exclusion, experts weigh in on whether the US-brokered deal can succeed.

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Lawyers decry arrest of Rwandan opponent Ingabire as 'unlawful and arbitrary'

Lawyers for Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire say she is being targeted by a biased justice system after her arrest on Thursday evening, claiming there is no evidence linking her to an alleged plot to incite public unrest.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda detains opposition leader Ingabire over alleged incitement

Rwanda has arrested prominent opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who is being held at a detention facility in the capital Kigali on charges of inciting the public and creating a criminal organisation, a state investigative agency said.

Radio France Internationale

2025 UCI Road World Championships routes

Men face 5,475 metres of climbing at altitude, women to climb 3,350 metres in 164.6km race

Cycling News

2025 UCI Road World Championships

The race for the road rainbow jerseys in Kigali

Cycling News

'Rider safety remains a top priority' - UCI aims to introduce GPS tracking for every rider ahead of World Championships

Following successful initiative at Tour de Suisse, new approach expected to be introduced at 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali

Cycling News

'Everything is fine' - safety concerns dismissed ahead of UCI World Championships in Rwanda

Great Britain to send squad to Kigali, according to Rwandan cycling president

Cycling Weekly

'It's a safe country' – Rwandan Cycling President seeks to calm Kigali World Championships safety concerns

President Samson Ndayishimiye speaks exclusively to Cyclingnews about DRC conflict, reducing costs and the Worlds’ impact on African cycling

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Al Jazeera

Will the United States deport people to Rwanda?

Kigali in talks to house migrant deportees from US, but rights groups worry such deals further endanger the vulnerable.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda marks 1994 genocide amid tensions over M23 rebellion in DRC

Rwanda is commemorating the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militias. But this year the event is marked by tensions over Rwanda's alleged support of the M23 rebel group in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda says cutting diplomatic ties with Belgium, as EU announces sanctions

Rwanda announced on Monday it is severing diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying the European nation had "consistently undermined" Kigali during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This comes as the European Union announced sanctions against a number of senior Rwandan military commanders.

Al Jazeera

‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

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Rwanda slams UK 'betrayal' as sanctions pile up from Canada, Germany over DRC conflict

A week after the announcement of British sanctions against Rwanda for its involvement alongside the M23 in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kigali is complaining about what it sees as the UK's "betrayal". Meanwhile, Canada and Germany have also announced sanctions for the same…

Cycling News

'Today’s stage was supposed to be decisive' - Controversial Tour du Rwanda cancellation leaves Queen Mount Kigali climb untested ahead of World Championships

Peloton didn’t get to preview two key climbs as arguments arose over stoppage of stage 7

Al Jazeera

Rwanda slams UK sanctions over DR Congo violence

Kigali condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’.

Cycling Weekly

UCI president says there is 'no plan B' for Rwanda World Championships after European Parliament calls for cancellation over conflict

The Road World Championships are due to be held in Kigali this September, but Rwanda is involved in armed conflict in the neighbouring DRC

The Guardian - UK

‘Beware of the bat’: how a mine in Kigali became the focus of Marburg virus research

The fatality rate for the disease is usually 88%, but during a recent outbreak in Rwanda, deaths were kept to 23%. A new approach based on studying miners may be the reason why

Al Jazeera

As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

International Business Times

Burundi Warns Rwanda As Eastern DR Congo Conflict Advances

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would respond if attacked.

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