{"id":54904,"date":"2025-07-16T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gen-tshiwewe-suspected-of-plotting-to-kill-president-tshisekedi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:31:44","slug":"gen-tshiwewe-suspected-of-plotting-to-kill-president-tshisekedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-tshiwewe-suspected-of-plotting-to-kill-president-tshisekedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Tshiwewe suspected of plotting to kill President Tshisekedi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports that began circulating last week indicate that several individuals closely associated with General Tshiwewe have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Among those detained are Major General Maurice Nyembo, Lieutenant Colonel Adelart Mwiza, and several of Tshiwewe\u2019s personal bodyguards.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, Augustin Kabuya, Secretary-General of the ruling Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), informed party members on July 15, 2025, that General Tshiwewe is suspected of orchestrating a plan to kill the Head of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently, people don\u2019t see the gravity of this situation,\u201d Kabuya said. \u201cSomeone sits calmly, consults with his associates, and plans to kill a man, a father, a grandfather, the President, and people think he shouldn\u2019t be held accountable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed that during questioning by security services, Gen Tshiwewe did not deny the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerious people know the harm he has done, and he himself did not deny it, meaning he is sitting there saying he was going to kill him,\u201d Kabuya said.<\/p>\n<p>During his time as Chief of General Staff, Gen Tshiwewe had publicly condemned acts of betrayal within the military, particularly amid the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC where the M23\/AFC rebellion, reportedly backed by Rwanda, has seized vast territories.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91021\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tshiwewe-2-783e1.jpg\" alt=\"Gen Tshiwewe is suspected of plotting to kill President Tshisekedi\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details have emerged that General Christian Tshiwewe Songesha, who served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) from 2022 to 2024, allegedly plotted to assassinate President F\u00e9lix 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