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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Russian and African Legislators Meet, And What Next?

The Russian Foreign Ministry and the State Duma (the lower Chamber of Parliamentarians) have agreed to hold the next International Parliamentary Conference “Russia –...

Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba Back to Russian University

The Russian Foreign Ministry is preparing for the second Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, July 2023. At the Russian Foreign Ministry, Special Representative of...

Sergey Lavrov to Choose between Illusions and Reality for Africa

Late January, four African countries - South Africa, Eswatini, Angola and Eritrea - officially hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He went visiting these...

Janet Yellen: U.S. Focuses on Business Investment and Infrastructure Development in Africa

United States officials, at least, are strategically moving to reset multi-dimensional relations with Africa after the last African leaders summit held in Washington. President...

Sergey Lavrov Embarks on Geopolitical Lecturing Tour to Africa

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov begins his four African nations tour, Russia's future is what matters the most especially in the emerging multipolar...

Russia’s Policy Review Stresses Creating Multipolar World Order

Addressing media conference on the performance of Russian diplomacy in 2022, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke, at length, lambasting the United States and its...

Explainer: Why Russia’s Trade Still Stagnating With African Countries

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at his annual press conference held January 18 that Russia and Africa would hold a summit in July...

Qin Gang: Africa Should Not Be an Arena for Competition between World Powers

After his appointment as the new Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, chose to pay a working visit to Africa. Without mincing words, this choice...

African-American Diaspora Engagement at the Core of U.S.-African Relations in Multipolar World

The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held in Washington has placed African-American diaspora at the core for strengthening multifaceted  relations with Africa. The White House and...

Bogdanov’s Passion for Africa and the Critical Russia’s Policy Debates -Part 3

In his series of end-year review reports, Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, told local Russian media that Russia...

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