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Ukrainian population, army and government as well as their benevolent allies in the west have been tremendously buoyed up by their large gains in the battlefield in Donbass. Battlefield morale is running very high and even the very pessimistic lot are positive though to a lesser degree. Since the onset of the Russian Military operations,itContinue reading “On the battlefront: Ukraine”

To understand Russia’s reason for their military operations currently ongoing in Ukraine,it is crucial to go back to the history of the Soviet Union and the cold war. Trying to attach meaning to it using current events only without the past will render it insignificant. When the Soviet Union fell completely on 25 December 1991,theContinue reading “The main reasons why Putin invaded Ukraine”

Over the decades after attaining independence from their colonial masters, African countries have been widely known for coups and counter-coups. Out of 214 attempted coups,106 have been successful. This is a huge percentage of the global total of 486 coups since 1950s. This data was collected by Powell and Thyne’s data. However, it’s charming toContinue reading “Another day another coup”

Curtains come down on the controversial referendum organized by the pro-Russian separatists in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Lugansk and Donetsk today. The divisive referendum was slated for the period from 23-27 September and supported by the Kremlin. What actually remains is the strenuous counting of ballot which is also expected to end soon. The controversy of theContinue reading “What next after the referendum in Donbass”

The paradox of our time is the division in a united entity. As world leaders gather in New York for the seventy seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, one thing is apparent,there are cracks in the assembly of nations. The united nations is no longer united. Notwithstanding,the cracks have been gradually appearing butContinue reading “A Divided United Nations?”

Climate change has been the focal point of major big political organization conferences such as the united nations and infinite summits. It will obviously take center stage at the United Nations General Assembly this week following extreme weather patterns currently battering different parts of the world simultaneously. Monsoon floods in Pakistan, drought in the HornContinue reading “Why Climate change measures are achieving no results”

The world has always been the playing field for empires and emperors who yearn for control of large swathes of land and their numerous inhabitants since time immemorial. Every continent has seen it’s plethora of distinct empires built by different leaders with a knack for power and control rise and fall. No empire that existsContinue reading “The past and the future of imperialism”

The eternal dream of a utopian society has been hampered at every step by a myriad of obstacles. The dream has always been there but achieving it has proven to be an uphill task. Some of the stumbling blocks it has met include incurable diseases such as cancer,poverty,war,crime and violence. Achieving general utopia in theContinue reading “OF VIOLENCE, CRIME AND SHANTY TOWNS”

The new president has been confronted with the issue of subsidy immediately he assumed office. He made the tough decision to abolish subsidies on different commodities leaving only the fertilizer subsidy aiming to subsidize production rather than consumption. The government of former president Uhuru Kenyatta used subsidy to cushion Kenyans from the high cost ofContinue reading “The Hard Question of subsidy”