{"id":2000106408,"date":"2026-03-25T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106408"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:52:16","slug":"rwandan-embassy-condemns-drcs-false-claims-on-washington-dc-hotel-incident-involving-wife-of-tshisekedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandan-embassy-condemns-drcs-false-claims-on-washington-dc-hotel-incident-involving-wife-of-tshisekedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda condemns DRC\u2019s false claims on alleged targeting of Tshisekedi’s wife in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier reports from Congolese sources suggested an attempted intrusion at the hotel, with government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya asserting that assailants who allegedly targeted Nyakeru were neutralized by presidential security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rumors from DRC side quickly circulated in media and social circles linking the incident to external actors, including Rwanda, though these claims remain unverified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement released on Wednesday, the embassy clarified that reports of an attempted intrusion were misleading and misrepresented the actual events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement explained that an unarmed member of a Rwandan VIP security detail \u201cinadvertently encountered security agents of a DRC delegation in a hotel hallway accessible to all guests,\u201d as both delegations were staying at the same hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embassy added that the Rwandan security member was \u201cbriefly restrained from accessing the elevator by the DRC security agents, which was inappropriate and wrong behavior in a common area,\u201d but emphasized that the situation \u201cwas eventually resolved without further escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing this incident, the Rwandan party made a decision to change hotels, but were harassed and filmed by unknown persons as they checked out and departed. Despite this provocation, the Rwandan team was restrained and professional at all times, and carefully avoided any confrontation,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been gross misrepresentation of what transpired, including blatant dishonesty by the DRC Minister of Information in a press conference last night. These contemptible lies should be disregarded and condemned,\u201d the embassy added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nyakeru has traveled to the United States for an official visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rwandan Embassy in Washington has condemned the misrepresentation of facts by the Congolese government following an incident at a hotel where the wife of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, was staying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000106410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000106408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000106410,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","width":768,"height":511},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mn-5.jpg","width":1000,"height":666}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000106408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000106415,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106408\/revisions\/2000106415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000106410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000106408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000106408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000106408"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000106408"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000106408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}