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Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road

road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ85749511 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), connects the towns of Bunagana in Uganda with the similarly named Bunagana in DRC. The road also connects these two towns to Bugani, Rutshuru, Rumangabo, Buhumba and Goma, all in DRC.

Location

The eastern end of this road is in Bunagana, Uganda, at the international border with DRCongo. The road travels in a general north-westerly direction, through the towns of Bunagana, DRCongo, Bugani to Rutshuru. At Rutshuru, the road joins National Road 2, and turns southwestwards and passes through Rumangabo and Buhumba, to end at Goma, a total distance of approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi).

Overview

This road is an important transport corridor between Uganda and the Democratic Republics of the Congo. It is expected to boost Uganda's trade with DRC, in agricultural and manufactured products, including refined petroleum products, as Uganda enters the oil-production phase.

Upgrades and reconstruction

Before 2019, the road was gravel surfaced, in various stages of disrepair. In November 2019, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed agreements in Entebbe, Uganda, to upgrade this road to bituminous surface, within twenty-four months, after the relevant ministers have agreed on implementation details.

In October 2020, the Cabinet of Uganda resolved to participate in the upgrading and paving up to 223 kilometres (139 mi) of roads in the DRC to the tune of 20 percent of the cost. The government of the DRC would be responsible for the remaining 80 percent of the cost. The two roads involved are: 1.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road” as road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Bunagana, Rutshuru and Goma can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q85749511. Authority coordinates are -1.271, 29.387. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.