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 Russia’s Vaccine Diplomacy Failed Africa

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Monkeypox virus testing for 20 African Union Member States

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Russia Readies to Gather African leaders for 2nd Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Training Young African Leaders Through the United States Leadership Programs

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European Union Could Share its Solid Economic Benefits with Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia

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Leaders of BRICS Emphasize Strengthening Economic and Security Cooperation

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BRICS creating early warning system for epidemic risks

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Why African Leaders Complain of Wheat Imports and Yet Ignore Zelensky

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Moving BRICS Forward with the New Global Order

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Reported Monkeypox Cases: 39 Countries Globally and Eight African Countries

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