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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China Made Vaccine Donations to Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe

As coronavirus infection rapidly spreads across the African continent, reaching nearly 3.5 million, China has shown support by making vaccine donations for Zimbabwe in...

South Sudan: Rampant Abusive Surveillance by National Security Service Instils Climate of Fear

South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) is using abusive surveillance to terrorize journalists, activists and critics, leading to a climate of intense fear and...

Africa No Filter: Shifting stereotypical narratives

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President Tshisekedi Takes Over as the New Chairperson of the African Union for 2021

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Second meeting of the Coordinating Council under the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum

The second meeting of the Coordinating Council under the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum took place on 2nd February via video conference. Participants included Deputy Foreign Minister...

Moment of Truth: Russia Faces Demography Crisis

Russia has demographic crisis. Notwithstanding official efforts to boost birth rates, reverse brain drain, use immigration policy over the past few years, Russia's population...

World Bank Pledges US$12 Billion For Africa’s Vaccine Purchase

The World Bank has expressed readiness to commit US$12 billion as concessional loans to assist African countries access foreign vaccines. During a virtual meeting on...

Putin Celebrates Tatyana’s Day with Russian Students

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COVID-19 Pandemic Dealt Women A Painful Blow

On January 28, Women Deliver and Focus 2030 released the first-of-its-kind multi-country public opinion survey,carried out in 17 countries spanning six continents, which captures...

GDP growth in Mozambique, other Portuguese-speaking African countries

The United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has estimated that all the Portuguese-language countries in Africa will grow this year, also...

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