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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Global Finance Names AfDB As the World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution

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Mahamadou Issoufou wins 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership

The 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today...

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African problems require African solutions

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Russia offers 300 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine to Africa

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East Africa: The status of women remains unequal at all levels of society

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Africa’s development must be based on resilient approaches with nature and people at the center

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Understanding Russia’s Financial Strategy for Africa

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