Kester Kenn Klomegah

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MD Africa Editor Kester Kenn Klomegah is an independent researcher and writer on African affairs in the EurAsian region and former Soviet republics. He wrote previously for African Press Agency, African Executive and Inter Press Service. Earlier, he had worked for The Moscow Times, a reputable English newspaper. Klomegah taught part-time at the Moscow Institute of Modern Journalism. He studied international journalism and mass communication, and later spent a year at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He co-authored a book “AIDS/HIV and Men: Taking Risk or Taking Responsibility” published by the London-based Panos Institute. In 2004 and again in 2009, he won the Golden Word Prize for a series of analytical articles on Russia's economic cooperation with African countries.

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Global Power Shift. Determining African Union’s Future

Unbelievably, a new world has already emerged, and developing countries are ultimately shifting their focus from the western world toward East and Southern hemisphere!...

Victory Day in Moscow, Africa Shows Traditional Solidarity

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited 29 world leaders to witness the main military parade at Moscow's Red Square, and most expectedly used the high-level...

ECOWAS Turns 50: Dreams Deferred or Destiny Delayed?

Despite its 'overarching' achievements over the past 50 years (half a century) since its establishment, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the...

SPIEF Prioritizing Russia’s Economic Integration, Charting Strategic Pathways With External Partners

Popularly referred to as Roscongress Foundation, St. Petersburg International Forum (SPIEF) has been its main cornerstone and it is focused on charting dignified internal economic integration...

Alpha-Dialogue establishes African media training platform

Empowering senior African media executives, raising their orientation towards geopolitical developments and learning more innovative skills of disseminating information to the public audience are...

Africa, the U.S., and Global Trade: Key Issues Uncovered

With geopolitical situation heightening, trade wars are also becoming increasingly prominent. By a simple explanation, a trade war is an economic conflict often resulting...

Negotiating better U.S.-African trade relations in Changing Geopolitical World

The overarching message is African leaders and business corporate executives, navigating new United States economic policy and trade measures, within the context of shifting...

U.S.-Africa Trade in the Trump Era: Challenges, Changes & the Road Ahead

In the context of rapidly changing geopolitical situation characterized by complexities and contradictions, majority of African countries are facing strained challenges with trade and...

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry Negotiating for Russia’s Return to International Sports

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has opened a new era, the pride for women fighting for higher employment status and portrayed women's advancement, and Africa's rising...

Russia-Zimbabwe: An Analytical Review

Russia and Zimbabwe have been interacting over the past years. The latest historic meeting held on 6th March 2025, full of diplomatic symbolism, between...

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