{"id":50165,"date":"2024-03-06T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/congo-s-presidential-office-defends-advisor-amid-social-media-backlash-over\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T23:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T23:54:16","slug":"congo-s-presidential-office-defends-advisor-amid-social-media-backlash-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/congo-s-presidential-office-defends-advisor-amid-social-media-backlash-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo&#8217;s Presidential office defends advisor amid social media backlash over Rwandan roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These Congolese citizens argue that Fran\u00e7oise altered her original name, &#8216;Yamuragiye Mureka,&#8217; to facilitate her integration into the Congolese government.<\/p>\n<p>They claim that Fran\u00e7oise Joly has no connection to their country and are calling for a collective effort to demand her removal from the position, citing her presence as problematic.<\/p>\n<p>Florent Ntsiba, the Director of the President\u2019s Office in Congo, released a statement condemning this campaign against Fran\u00e7oise. He clarified that the attacks she is facing are baseless.<\/p>\n<p>Ntsiba highlighted Fran\u00e7oise&#8217;s effective performance as a foreign affairs advisor, noting her professionalism, loyalty, and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cThis campaign conducted in the media, on social media, and in writings goes against the values of our country, which include inclusiveness, peace, and collaborative development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidential Office strongly denounces this disrespectful behavior towards our country. It condemns the published discriminatory nationality-based and hateful remarks targeting Ms. Joly, aimed at undermining the country\u2019s highest authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fran\u00e7oise Joly has been serving as an advisor to President Nguesso since February 2021, with roots in both France and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64267\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/joly-4c340.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7oise Joly has faced criticisms rooted in her Rwandan heritage.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The offices of the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, have denounced a group, primarily composed of social media users, for targeting his advisor, Fran\u00e7oise Joly, with criticisms rooted in her Rwandan heritage.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000064261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[3112],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-esther-muhozi"],"bylines":[{"id":3112,"name":"Esther Muhozi","slug":"esther-muhozi","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":null}],"contributors":[{"id":3112,"name":"Esther Muhozi","slug":"esther-muhozi","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":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000064261,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/joly-4c340.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50165","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=50165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000064261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50165"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50165"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}