Kwame Mensah

Kwame Mensah is a senior political correspondent based in Accra. With over a decade of experience covering Ghana's Parliament, elections, and government policy, he brings sharp analysis and deep sourcing to GhanaStar's political coverage. A graduate of the University of Ghana's School of Communication Studies, Kwame has previously reported for the Daily Graphic and Joy FM. He specializes in governance, public accountability, and West African geopolitics.

27296 Articles Joined March 2026

Articles by Kwame Mensah

Opinion

Akufo-Addo Should Stop Apologizing For Winning Election 2016 Fair And Square

Those of us who have been on the frontlines of the protean political battles involving the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic...

Opinion

Akufo-Addo Should Stop Apologizing For Winning Election 2016 Fair And Square

Those of us who have been on the frontlines of the protean political battles involving the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic...

Opinion

Let’s Stop Running Ghanaian Foreign Missions Like Village Shops

On Monday, November 28, 2016, I visited the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D. C., to renew my passport. After submitting...

Opinion

All Hail Our Decisive President Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo

What a man! Indeed he is a man! Even Nature cannot but admire this man of high principles and ideas; this man brimming...

Opinion

The Nefarious Destructive Cancer Attempted To Invent God

This message is directed at the proud, the arrogant and those who live in a fool’s paradise and believe that they are...

Opinion

Letter To My President-Elect (Part One)

Your Excellency, You may remember a letter I wrote to you in September 2013. In that letter, I praised your courage in...

Opinion

A Post Mortem Of A Dead Goat

I don’t even know where to start from? In the Ghanaian cliché or parlance, should I laugh enter Mahama Ford or I...

Opinion

Why Dr Bawumiah Could Keep NDC Sixteen Years In Opposition

The title of this periodical may appear somewhat sophistic and eccentric to many observers, however I will dare state...

Opinion

Twenty-Two Years In ‘PAWA’

Now it’s my turn to make the most difficult phone call. The call many world leaders dread. I’m calling Gambia...

International

Eleven Headless Bodies Found In Yemen’s Port City Aden

Eleven headless bodies have been dumped in a nature reserve in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, a local news...

International

Bensouda Tells Off Powerful UN Council Over Inaction On Darfur Atrocitie

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday scolded the United Nations for failing...

International

Briton Jailed Over Trump Death Plot

A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in a bid to kill...

International

Afghan Vice-President Dostum Accused of Sex Assault

A senior official in Afghanistan says he was violently kidnapped and sexually molested by Vice-President Abdul Rashid...

International

US Osprey Aircraft Crashes Off Okinawa Coast In Japan

The US Marines have suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan, after a crash off the coast of Okinawa...

International

Lionel Messi Meets Afghan ‘plastic Shirt’ Boy Murtaza Ahmadi

An Afghan boy who gained online fame after a picture of him wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi jersey went viral has...

International

Trump Rewrites US Foreign Policy On the Fly

Donald Trump is not even President yet, but he's already turning US foreign policy on two of the biggest challenges to...

International

‘Growing Pains’ Star Alan Thicke Dead At 69

Alan Thicke, the actor best-known for his starring role in the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains," died Tuesday at age 69....

International

US Cuts Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia

The US has said it will limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over civilian casualties linked to air strikes...

International

Rare Harry Potter Book Fetches £370,000 At Auction

A one-off copy of a Harry Potter spin-off book that was handwritten by JK Rowling has sold for almost £370,000. The...

International

Bournemouth Extend Leicester’s Miserable Away Record

Bournemouth moved to the highest league position in their history as Leicester's miserable run away from home continued...