Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources. Felix Tshisekedi has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebel movement that is advancing in eastern DRC. But many of those around him are more ambivalent about how to deal with Kigali.
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso is a Congolese politician and businessman. He is the son of Denis Sassou Nguesso, the long-time president of the Republic of the Congo. Denis Christel has held various government positions and is often seen as a potential successor to his father, who has ruled Congo for several decades..
Good nutrition is critical for health, particularly in times when the immune system might need to fight back. We will review the role of micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids in their support of an effective immune system.
Local Government in Kuningan, West Java launched a community-based campaign on 7 February 2020 titled “Gebyar Gerakan Makan Buah dan Sayur (Gebyur)”. The campaign was launched in-line with the pilot nutrition programme, as part of the National School Meals Programme or Program Gizi Anak Sekolah (Progas), an initiative created by the Ministry of Education, with support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Food Industry Asia (FIA), Cargill, and Japan Friends of WFP.
2019 has been an exciting year for evolve with its new branding and strategies. With our vision broadened from initiating multi-stakeholder dialogue and addressing public health challenges, evolve will explore a wider array of activities, dialogues and partnerships that will drive a greater impact within communities.
Themed A World Free of Hidden Hunger, the 5th ARoFIIN Roundtable aims to catalyze stakeholder relationships by bringing together regional experts to create and execute a collective global effort to transform diets and food production and to ensure accessible and affordable for everyone.
With the DRC presidential election just days away, the former head of the electoral commission has launched his own movement, the Congo River Alliance, from Nairobi. And decided to ally himself with the M23 rebels active in the east...
After five years at the head of the UPJ, Francine Muyumba was elected in 2019 as senator for the province of Haut Katanga in the Congolese Senate. At the same time, the young politician was appointed to chair the Foreign Relations Commission in the Upper House of the Congolese Parliament with the mission of managing the country’s foreign policy issues and examining bills for the ratification of international treaties..
Minister of State for Regional Planning, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Originally from Tshuapa, a province in DRC from which he was elected senator in 2019 until his appointment as Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning within the Sama Lukonde government in 2021. He has a degree in Economic and Social Law from the University of Kinshasa and is a lawyer in the mining, business, and investment law sector, as well as a philanthropist...
Professor Jeyakumar Henry, Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) and Director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC) in Singapore, looks back on the achievements and partnerships ARoFIIN have made over the years, and shares the direction of the organisation moving forward.
We speak to the Asia Roundtable on Food Innovation for Improved Nutrition (ARoFIIN) team to understand some of the key achievements of 2018 and what the plans for the roundtable are in the upcoming year.
With hunger and obesity still on the rise, the world is off track towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Zero Hunger – ending all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. The current burden of malnutrition across the world is unacceptably high, but with increasing commitment from various countries and the presence of new and better data, the opportunity to end malnutrition has never been greater.
