{"id":49152,"date":"2023-10-25T08:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-rejects-alleged-incursion-into-drc\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:12:01","slug":"rwanda-rejects-alleged-incursion-into-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-rejects-alleged-incursion-into-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda rejects alleged incursion into DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makolo criticized the accusations, on Tuesday 24th October 2023, during the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial preparatory meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Drone images released by Muyaya, purportedly showing Rwandan troop involvement, were contested by Makolo, who highlighted the recurring nature of such allegations by Congolese authorities. <\/p>\n<p>She suggested these tactics were intended to divert attention from the DRC&#8217;s internal governance issues.<\/p>\n<p>Makolo emphasized Rwanda&#8217;s concern due to the proximity of the fighting to their common border, emphasizing its impact on national security. <\/p>\n<p>She cited an incident of a Rwandan citizen injured by a stray bullet near the border and assured that security measures were reinforced.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Makolo discussed the humanitarian challenges posed by the influx of Congolese refugees into Rwanda, noting over 15,000 new arrivals since November last year. She pointed out the refugees&#8217; inability to return home due to threats.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-60674\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-10-24_at_12.23_17-fc014.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda\u2019s government spokesperson, Yolande Makolo, has strongly rejected allegations by DRC\u2019s Minister of Communication and Media, Patrick Muyaya suggesting Rwandan support for M23 rebels in eastern Congo.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda&#8217;s government spokesperson, Yolande Makolo, has strongly rejected allegations by the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s Minister of Communication and Media, Patrick Muyaya, suggesting Rwandan support for M23 rebels in eastern DRC.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000060673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-49152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","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":2000060673,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yolande_makolo_pp_gouvernental-e5b94.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49152","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000060673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49152"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=49152"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=49152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}