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After the downing of the commercial Malaysian airline MH17 over the sky of Eastern Ukraine, the United States and Ukrainian government hurriedly rushed out to blame Russia and the pro-Russian separatists. The Ukranian government released a video purportedly showing the discussion between a pro-Russian commander and a Russian officer over the downing of the plane which they have mistaken for a military aircraft.  United states officials, in support of Ukranian video evidence also pointed to the social media account of a supposed separatist leader boasting of just shooting down a plane. however, both these pieces of evidence could not withstand the slightest scrutiny. the incriminating video was soon deleted from the Ukraine's security website but the video had already been downloaded and a critical analysis showed the video were three components pieced together.  The date stamps indicated recording was done on July 16; a day before the actual downing of the plane (Ju...

United States president hosted African leaders in Washington from 4-6 August, 2014. The event was unprecedented as no American president ever hosted all African leaders at a sitting.  The summit themed “Investing in the next generation” was highly publicised within American establishment and viewed as one of Obama’s key legacies in office.  Obama made his extended trip as president of United States of America to Africa in the summers of 2013 after much criticism on his alleged neglect of the continent thereby giving room for China to establish more cordial ties with African States.  It is interesting to know that African has largely been seen as “backward and corrupt geographical space inhabited by subhuman species, but endowed with abundant natural resources. Thus the idea of forcing development projects down the throats of the people without seeking their inputs and engaging with the continent on aid rather than trade basis reigned supreme within the ...

After coming out of the first and second world wars, Europe has seen itself as immune to devastating civil wars, militancy, insurgence, terrorism and other ethnic clashes that characterise most of  African and middle eastern countries. It has touted this credential as the safest and most stable continent on earth. With significantly less of its resources devoted to military defences like America, Russia and China, it sees a more economically strong society as superior to one built on military power. However, the 2008 financial crisis dealt a major blow to its economy and it's been struggling ever since to recover. In view of its recovery efforts, Europe keeps “drafting” as many countries as it could get to into its fold with the promise of joining the European Union (EU). Ukraine, the closest and most strategic neighbour of Russia was not spared of this “conscription drive”. Various inducements were thrown at Ukraine via IMF deals but the then president, Viktor Yanukov...