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

In these difficult and crucial times, the strategic partnership with Africa has become a priority of Russia's foreign policy, declared Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign...

Monkeypox virus testing for 20 African Union Member States

With rising cases of Monkypox virus in Africa, the Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) have...

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

Russia gears up to gather African leaders, regional economic blocs, business community and civil society for the next summit in Addis Ababa, and that...

Training Young African Leaders Through the United States Leadership Programs

The U.S. Department of State and the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), an international, nonprofit organization that specializes in global education and development,...

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

European Union has, at least by territory and population, expanded as the European Council overwhelmingly decided to grant Moldova and Ukraine, with the possibility...

Leaders of BRICS Emphasize Strengthening Economic and Security Cooperation

Leaders of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the end of their 14th summit hosted by China, have emphasized their...

Why African Leaders Complain of Wheat Imports and Yet Ignore Zelensky

Modern Diplomacy media monitoring shows that only four African leaders were present at the Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to the Africn Union (AU),...

Moving BRICS Forward with the New Global Order

Under auspices of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and China holding the 14th Summit, it provides the platform to address emerging...

Reported Monkeypox Cases: 39 Countries Globally and Eight African Countries

By mid-June, eight African countries have confirmed monkeypox cases, along side several external countries including the United States and a number of European countries....

Russia Appreciates Africa’s Readiness In Stepping Up Economic Cooperation

In its sixth year, the Russia-Africa Business Dialogue was held on June 16 at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) with participation...

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