Isumo rya Rusumo

Isumo rya Rusumo  ni isumo riherereye ku ruzi rwa Kagera ku mupaka uhuza u Rwanda na Tanzaniya, igice cy’amasoko ya kure cyane y’umugezi wa Nili . Iri sumo rifite uburebure bwa metero cumi neshanu (15 m) n' ubugali bwa metero mirongo ine 40 m (130 bukaba bwarakozwe kuri Precambrian schist na quartz - phyllite .

Nubwo isumo ubwaryo ridafite uburebure bugaragara ugereranije n’andi masumo, ry
agize uruhare runini mu mateka y’u Rwanda kuko rwagize aho rahurira n’uruzi rwonyine muri ako karere ka Kirehe, ku Rusumo.

 Aho Riherereye 
Iri sumo rya Rusumo riri hagati y'Urwanda na Tanzania rwakomeje kwifashishwa mugutanga amashanyarazi ,NLSAP niwo mushinga ukomeje gukurikirana ibikorwa remezo byo kubaka urwo rugomero .

 Mu mateka 
Aha niho Abanyaburayi bageze bwa mbere mu Rwanda mu 1894, ubwo  Abadage Gustav Adolf von Götzen wahuraga aturutse Tanzaniya (u Rwanda rwafatwaga nk'igice cya Afurika y'Uburasirazuba bw'Ubudage kuva mu 1885 ariko nta Mudage wari winjiye mu gihugu). Yakomereje aho, yerekeza ku ngoro y'u Mwami i Nyanza, akomeza yerekeza ku nkombe z'ikiyaga cya Kivu . 
Ababiligi na bo binjiye mu Rwanda banyuze kuriri sumo, igihe bigaruriraga igihugu mu Ntambara ya Mbere y'Isi Yose mu mwaka w'1916. Ikiraro cya Rusumo nicyo cyonyine cyashoboraga kwambuka uruzi icyo gihe, kandi Abadage bari bari baratuye kuruhande rwu Rwanda. Mu gufata imyanya mu misozi ikikije, Ababiligi bashoboye kuvana abo barinzi bakoresheje imbunda ndende zakinguye inzira banyuzemo bafata ahari hasigaye hose mu gihugu. 

Iri sumo ryamamaye ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu gihe cya jenoside yo mu Rwanda yo mu 1994, kubera ko imibiri ibihumbi yatembaga munsi y’ikiraro cya Rusumo mu ariko nanone impunzi zambukiranya icyarimwe, zihungira muri Tanzaniya kugira ngo zihunge ubwo bwicanyi. Iki ni kimwe mu bibabazo byambere byasohotse mu kibazo cy’impunzi zo mu biyaga bigari. Akagera gatwara amazi mu turere twose two mu Rwanda usibye iburengerazuba bwa kure, bityo gatwara imirambo yose yari yajugunywe mu nzuzi mu gihugu hose. Ibi byatumye hamenyekana ko ibintu byihutirwa byatangajwe mu turere dukikije inkombe z'ikiyaga cya Victoria muri Uganda, aho imirambo yaje gukarabywa.

 Urugomero rw'amashanyarazi 
Muri 2013, Itsinda rya Banki Nyafurika itsura amajyambere ryemeje inkunga y’umushinga w’amashanyarazihttps://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/Kirehe-Rusumo-igiye-kubyazwa-amashanyarazi-angana-na-megawatts-83 wo mu karere ka Kirehe ku Rusumo bakoresheje iri sumo ndetse no kubona amashanyarazi muri Tanzaniya, u Rwanda n’Uburundi. Umushinga ufite ibice bibiri: urugomero rwamashanyarazi rwa MW 80 n'imiyoboro yohereza amashanyarazi. Banki niyo itera inkunga n'ibikoresho byo korohereza umushinga w'amashanyarazi wa Rusumo. http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/afdb-board-commits-us-113-million-to-regional-rusumo-falls-hydropower-project-12610/

 Reba 

  Philip Briggs & Janice Booth (2001) Rwanda: The Bradt Travel Guide p197. Bradt Travel Guides Ltd. and The Globe Pequot Press Inc
 http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/afdb-board-commits-us-113-million-to-regional-rusumo-falls-hydropower-project-12610/