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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South Africa Faces Deep-Seated Economic and Energy Crisis

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Civil Society Engagement at the Core of US-African Relations in Multipolar World 

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BRICS FM Meeting in South Africa: Readiness for Expansion

At the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town early June, there were high expectations. The first...

The Strategic Partnership between Eritrea and Russia

In this extremely poor Eritrea nation located in the Horn of Africa, with a population 3.6 million, what factors could attract to strengthen cooperation...

Nigeria and Ghana Expediting Actions on Abidjan-Lagos Highway Construction

Popularly referred to as the Abidjan-Lagos corridor, this is a long highway  which stretches from Abidjan to Lagos, crossing five independent states (Côte d'Ivoire,...

African Countries Embarking on Nuclear Technologies Must Adopt the IAEA Approach Framework

With energy for both domestic and industrial use still in deep deficit, a number of African countries are looking to install nuclear plants as...

Mikhail Bogdanov’s Passion for Africa and the Critical Russia’s Policy Debates – Part 6

During Africa Day, celebrated annually on May 25th, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov reiterated that Moscow's decision to return to Africa is strategic...

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