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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Why Reparations Are an Inalienable Right of Africans and People of African Descent

Decades after attaining political independence, African countries have teamed up and are fiercely advocating for reparations. Historical records show that Africa endured several years...

Russia-Africa Policy Debates

With the heightening of the current geopolitics, many African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia. And noticeably, Russia's engagements...

Assessing Rwanda-Russian Economic Partnership

Decades after the Soviet collapse, Russia and Rwanda share an excellent, longstanding, and growing multifaceted relationship, rooted in mutually beneficial cooperation, while sustaining ambition...

Russia and South Africa Mark 20th Anniversary of Friendship Treaty and Partnership

On September 5, Russia and South Africa observed 20 years since the signing of the Treaty on Friendship and Partnership. This was concluded in...

Why Moscow Is Courting Global Talent: Bridge Awards Chair Explains Russia’s Strategy

In line with Russia's state policy, International Bridge Awards was established to recognize entrepreneurial contributions and to foster dialogue on attracting special talents to...

Eastern Economic Forum: Russia Bets on Asia and the Global South

The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) has been described as a successful solid platform since its creation. It increasingly attracts guests from widely different countries,...

Russia’s Economic Policy Outlook Shows Africa’s Stagnating Result-Oriented Expectations

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a briefing held on August 20, 2026, that "a substantial package of intergovernmental documents and commercial contracts...

Can Russia’s Security-for-Resources Model Defeat Terrorism in West Africa?

The Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) increasingly use a security-for-resources barter model for fighting against growing terrorism in West Africa....

Who Is Buying Africa? The Geopolitical Race for Influence, Resources and Power

With geopolitical situation heightening, the world's players are strategically expressing their interest in Africa, and African countries are also choosing their development partners. Many...

Russia Expresses Readiness in Normalising Relations between ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel O. Ablakwa, after an intensive strategic consultation aimed at raising bilateral relations from vision...

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