The Rwandan foreign minister accuses American journalist Hariana Veras, accredited to the White House, of working for the DRC government

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In a message on X, Olivier NDUHUNGIREHE shared a video of the journalist carrying her microphone alongside one from RTNC, the DRC's national broadcaster, adding the following message:

"She claims to speak on behalf of the 'African people' in Washington. Yet, she traveled to Kinshasa twice in one year, where she met with President Tshisekedi; she accepted a gift from him on camera and only broadcast her interview with President Ndayishimiye on the DRC's public television (RTNC). Recently, she was seen at the Capitol asking extremely biased questions, demonstrating her lack of professionalism and her obsession with Rwanda. And now, we learn that she was holding an RTNC microphone at the White House; yet, she never disclosed that she was being paid by Kinshasa. It is imperative that someone explain this deception."

It should be noted, however, that far from being a protocol incident, journalists in the middle of an interview often pass their microphones around as a sign of camaraderie, although we do not have any further information on the exact circumstances of this particular case.