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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Russia’s Politics of Free Grains to Poorest African Countries

It all began in March 2023 with an ear-deafening applause during the inter-parliamentary conference under the theme 'Russia-Africa in a Multipolar World' that was...

West African Highway Construction Still Fraught with Interstate Obstacles and Financing Challenges

After successfully launching the grandiose highway project referred to as 'Abidjan-Lagos Corridor' back in 2017, the five West African States - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana,...

Russia and South Sudan: Exploring Opportunities for Bilateral Cooperation

Ultimately Russia has returned to Africa, this time not with 'business as usual' and rhetorics, but doubled actions to invigorate its relations after holding...

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Can Multipolar BRICS-11 Ensure Global Peace and Stability?

At the United Nations General Assembly high-level meetings held in New York, a number of global leaders including those from Africa vehemently called for...

Decorating Africa at United Nations

At least majority of African leaders are calling for complete overhaul of multinational financial system to enable them pursue their development goals across Africa....

Three Sahelian Interim Military Leaders Sign Security Pact

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have taken an admirable strategic step by signing trilateral security pact in collective efforts to battle extremism and terrorism...

Africa is not yet a paradise, Russia must learn to navigate the challenges

With the emerging multipolar world, Russia has to ditch its decades-long peripheral engagement with Africa. In practical terms, the first Russia-Africa summit was to...

Russia’s Far East Witnessing Series of Record-Breaking Agreements for the 8th Consecutive Year

Vladivostok, located in Russia's Far East, hosted the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), on 10th to 13th September 2023, in an attempt to define...

Developing Far Eastern Region Russia’s Priority

The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) is held annually in cooperation with the Far East regional administration, in the city of Vladivostok. Three years of...

Nairobi’s Climate Summit Seeks External Funding Amid Geopolitical Challenges

The historic gathering on Climate Change inside Africa, clearly portrays efforts at spearheading towards finding sustainable solutions to existing challenges. But African leaders are...

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