Ikiraro cya Rusumo

Ikiraro cya Rusumo ni ikiraro mpuzamahanga cyambukiranya uruzi rw'Akagera gihuza u Rwanda na Tanzaniya .

Amateka

Igishushanyo cyakozwe na Luigi Corradi kandi cyateranyirijwe i Turin mu Butaliyani mbere. Iki kiraro cyuzuye mu 1972 nk'ikiraro cy'icyuma gifite uburebure bwa 64 metres (210 ft) . Inyubako yari ikiraro cya mbere cy’umuhanda cyambukiranya umugezi wa Kagera mu gace ka Rusumo. Iki kiraro ni ikiraro cy’umurambararo cyatangiye kubakwa mu 1966.

Ku itariki ya 28 Mata 1994,muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, abantu barenga 200,000 bambutse ikiraro cyo ku Rusumo Falls binjira muri Tanzaniya mu masaha 24 mu gikorwa abakozi bo mu murima bitaga " ubuhunzi bwihuse kandi bunini mu bihe bya none ".

Bitewe n’imbogamizi ku mutwaro w’imodoka zitwara imizigo no gukoresha umurongo umwe gusa icyarimwe, ikiraro gishya, ikiraro mpuzamahanga cya Rusumo, kiri hafi y’ikiraro cy’inzira imwe, cyafunguwe mu 2014 kugira ngo gihangane n’ubwiyongere bw’imodoka hagati y’u Rwanda na Tanzaniya mu myaka iri imbere.

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