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

International

Islamic State Strikes Back To Slow Iraqi Forces In Mosul

Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold have hit...

International

Trump Takes Fresh Swipe At China After Taiwan Call

President-elect Donald Trump has taken a fresh swipe at China just two days after a controversial phone call with...

International

Euro Falls As Italian Leader Quits Over Referendum

The euro fell against the dollar and investors braced for a bumpy ride on Monday as Italy appeared headed for a period...

International

Move American Jobs, Face 35% Tax

Fresh off saving 800 Carrier factory jobs from being off-shored to Mexico, President-elect Donald Trump is renewing his...

International

Wales Manager To Receive Special Recognition Award At Wales Sport Awards

Wales manager Chris Coleman will be honoured with a Special Recognition Award at the Wales Sport Awards 2016. Coleman,...

International

Ex-Southampton Football Coach Accused of Abuse ‘not Vetted’

An ex-Southampton youth coach accused of abusing boys in the 1980s was not police checked for a later coaching job, the...

International

Standing Rock Protesters Win As Army Rejects Pipeline Plan

The Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in...

International

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key Resigns

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has resigned, in a move that came as a shock to many observers. Key, the leader of...

International

7-Year-Old’s Twitter Goes Silent

Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl who captured the world's attention with heartbreaking Twitter posts about the...

International

Fake US Embassy In Ghana Shut Down

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade...

International

Italy PM Resigns After Heavy Poll Defeat

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform...

International

30 Confirmed Dead As Search Continues

Thirty-three bodies have so far been recovered from a warehouse in Oakland, California, following a deadly fire during...

Opinion

To Be Elected Or Re-Elected, That’s The Real Question

It has been four years already when H. E. John Dramani Mahama won the last election and got promoted from ‘caretaker...

Politics

Fidel Castro’s Ashes Buried In Santiago de Cuba

Fidel Castro’s ashes have been laid to rest in the Cuban city of Santiago, nine days after his death at 90. Crowds...

Politics

Akufo-Addo Counsels NPP Supporters

Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo has advised party supporters to eschew complacency...

Politics

PNC’s Abu Ramadan Defects To NPP

The former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan has announced his...

Politics

Only One Person Voted At Domeabra/Obom Sunday

Only one person successfully voted at the Domeabra/Obom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region in Sunday’s Special...

Politics

Ayariga’s ‘General Secretary’ Begs Akufo-Addo; Says NDC Influenced Him To Lie

Dismissed General Secretary of the All People’s Congress (APC), Razak Opoku, has revealed that all the lies he told...

Opinion

Vote Out The NPP And The NDC! 3

“Every time we start a new project, we always ask ourselves the same question: What can we do better and different?"...

Politics

Mahama’s NDC ‘challenger’ Mounts Stage To Canvass Votes For Nana Addo

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who picked the ‘wrong’ forms in an attempt to contest President...