at Mbarara in Uganda. Great Lakes region and eastern section The Lagos–Mombasa Highway's eastern section has been paved for several decades and is the principal highway between the African Great Lakes region and the sea. The highway from Bujumbura (Burundi) through Kigali to Mbarara can also be considered a feeder road connecting land-locked Burundi and Rwanda to the sea at Mombasa. Since transport across the DR Congo is severely limited, the eastern section is also the principal road trade route for the central-eastern and north-eastern part of that country. In the aftermath of the Second Congo War, aid agencies and charities ship relief supplies there along the highway. The eastern section is probably the origin of the term 'Kinshasa Highway', a metaphor for the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa along trade routes, which has been researched along the highway in Uganda and Kenya. Some sources mistakenly describe the Kinshasa Highway as a real paved road between Uganda and Kinshasa, but there has never been more than rough bush tracks across DR Congo between east and west. The eastern section of the Lagos–Mombasa Highway is also the only part of the whole network where the name 'Trans-African Highway' is in common use and is seen on a few road signs. See also Kinshasa Highway Trans-African Highway network Trans–West African Coastal Highway References African Development Bank/United Nations Economic Commission For Africa: "Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links: Volume 2: Description of Corridors". August 14, 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2007. Michelin Motoring and Tourist Map: "Africa North and West". Michelin Travel Publications, Paris, 2000. Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority April 19, 2019. 8 Mombasa Transport in Lagos