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Rusumo is located in the southern part of Eastern Province, at the international border with Tanzania, [1] approximately 83 kilometres (52 mi), southeast of Rwamagana, the location of the provincial headquarters. [2] This is approximately 136 kilometres (85 mi), by road, southeast of Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda. [3]
Rusumo is a town in Ngara District, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi), by road north-west of Nyakasanza, the nearest town. [2] This is approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi), by road, north-east of Ngara, where the district headquarters are located. [3]
The road runs from the center of Morogoro where the Trunk Road T1 and T3 intersect all the way to Rwandan border at Rusumo. The road is the longest trunk road in the Tanzanian road system and it is approximately 1,097 km (682 mi). The road is a major road connecting the coast to the Tanzanian Capital Dodoma along with Rwanda.
The International Border Crossing between Rwanda and Uganda; The town of Mirama Hills, in Uganda, lies across the International border, directly north of Kagitumba; The point where River Muvumba empties into River Kagera, to mark the intersection of the International borders between Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
It forms parts of the Burundi–Tanzania, Rwanda–Tanzania, Burundi–Rwanda, and Tanzania–Uganda borders. It lends its name to Akagera National Park in northern Rwanda, as well as to the Kagera Region of Tanzania. On the river are the Rusumo Falls, an important crossing point between Rwanda and Tanzania. It is near the town of Rusumo.
On 28 April 1994, during the Rwandan genocide, more than 200,000 people crossed the bridge at Rusumo Falls into Tanzania within 24 hours in what field workers described as "the largest and fastest refugee exodus in modern times". [2]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Rwanda and Congo to de-escalate tensions and withdraw troops from their border following increased fighting that has displaced nearly 7 million people.
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