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

Declaration Of Results Of 2016 Presidential Election

I write on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). This letter is written pursuant to an address of the Press by Nana...

Opinion

Look Here, Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, NDC Governance Travesty Is Over!

I am too mentally fatigued to celebrate the landslide victory of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the...

Opinion

Congratulations To President-Elect Nana Akufo Addo

On behalf of the members of the “Mahama Must Go” movement, I, Rockson Adofo, the most senior leading member, do...

International

First US Somali Lawmaker Gets ‘Islamophobic Threats’ In Taxi

The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to "hateful" anti-Muslim threats from a taxi...

International

Arsenal Fans Stranded After Light Plane Crash In Basel

Arsenal topped their group to qualify for the next stage of the champions league Hundreds of Arsenal fans have been...

International

Trump Will Remain EP On ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

Donald Trump will remain as an executive producer on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," even while serving as president of...

International

South Korea’s President Park Faces Historic Impeachment Vote

President Park Geun-hye faces an impeachment vote in parliament on Friday over an influence peddling scandal that could...

International

Chaos, Desperation At First U.N. Aid Distribution Inside Mosul

Iraqi police fired shots in the air and threatened to whip crowds with a hose as residents tried to overrun the first...

International

Trump Picks Andrew Puzder To Lead US Department of Labor

Donald Trump has chosen an anti-regulation fast-food executive, opposed to a higher minimum wage, to lead the US...

International

Foreign Diplomats Livid Over India’s Cash Crisis

India's cash shortage has left foreign diplomats in the country fuming. Multiple embassies have lodged protests with...

International

Chinese Nursing Home Pays Relatives To Visit

It costs up to $5,300 per year for an individual to stay at the non-profit facility. A nursing home in China has...

International

Kenya Court Halts HIV Data Collection

Patricia Asero Ochieng, who is HIV positive, says the ruling will protect those with the virus from stigmatisation A...

Politics

Four Nabbed For Ransacking MP’s Residence During Election Results Collation

Four persons are in the grips of the Daboase Police in the Wassa East Constituency of the Western Region for ransacking...

International

Colombia Outrage Over Killing of Young Girl

The funeral has been taking place in the Colombian capital, Bogota, of a seven-year-old girl from a poor family who was...

International

Infantino Ignores My Calls

Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter has accused successor Gianni Infantino of disrespecting him and says the new head of...

International

Brad Pitt Request To Seal Divorce Documents Rejected

A request by Brad Pitt to seal court documents in his custody and divorce proceedings involving Angelina Jolie has been...

International

Fifa Bans Former South Africa FA President

The president of the South African FA at the time of the 2010 World Cup has been banned by Fifa for five years in...

International

Boris Johnson’s Saudi ‘proxy Wars’ Comment ‘not UK’s View’

Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent "the government's...

International

Prog Rock Star Greg Lake Dies Aged 69

Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died aged 69. One of the founding fathers of...

International

Trailblazing US Astronaut Was 95

The ex-Marine and US Senator had been in hospital in Columbus, Ohio, for more than a week and died surrounded by his...