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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European-Funded Initiative Aims at Creating African Vaccine Market

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Reassessing Russia’s Engagement with Zimbabwe

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Coalition Government: A test for South Africa’s democracy

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Pathways Towards Africa’s Energy Security

Today, African countries face major challenges in ensuring energy security. Several reports indicate Africa is experiencing a rapid population growth, rising unemployment, persistent ethnic...

Ramaphosa’s Administration and the Electricity Challenges in South Africa

In this insightful interview, Dr Kelvin Kemm, a nuclear physicist and former chairman of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), and current Chairman...

Scramble For Entrepreneurial Influence in Africa by Global Players a Geopolitical Reality

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In this interview, Dr. Robert Sogbadji, deputy director in charge of nuclear and alternative energy, explains that Ghana will select by December 2024 a...

After South Africa’s Election, What Next?

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