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

Gambians Celebrate After Voting Out ‘billion Year’ Leader

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for "a billion years", said he had...

International

Man Executed 21 Years Ago Is Innocent

More than two decades after her son was executed for rape and murder, Zhang Huanzhi has finally proven his innocence....

International

OPEC Deal Sends Oil Spiking 14% In 3 Days

Don't blink. You might miss another jump in oil prices. Crude has spiked 14% in just the past three days, ending Friday...

International

Wall Street Little Changed As Bank Rally Pauses

U. S. stocks ended little changed on Friday after a payrolls report did little to recast expectations for an interest...

International

Victims of Colombia Crash Take Final Flights Home To Brazil

Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian...

International

Nearly 2,000 Iraqi Troops, 900 Civilians Killed In November

Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the...

International

‘Unprecedented’ Numbers Face Severe Hunger In South Sudan

Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time...

International

Duterte Gets Trump White House Invite During ‘animated’ Call

U. S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House next year during a...

International

No Change To ‘one China’ Policy After Trump Call With Taiwan

We remain firmly committed to our 'one China' policy. The White House on Friday said there was "no change" to the...

International

‘Mariah’s World’ Lives Down To Expectations On E!

To say that "Mariah's World" is a predictable train wreck serves more as promotion than criticism. Yet even by the...

Opinion

Open Letter To the Member States of the African Regional Protocol For the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

On 5 December, the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Office (ARIPO) will meet to...

Opinion

Living As An Atheist In Zimbabwe

Atheists in Zimbabwe are sheep in wolves’ clothing; they face a great deal of prejudice from the religious community...

Opinion

Which Theory Best Explains Muslim Murders In Uganda?

For four years now since sheik Abdul Karim Sentamu was murdered on April 22, 2012 and recently sheik Maj Muhammad...

Opinion

This Is No Way To Treat A Former First Lady! In Praise of Nana KonaduAgyeman Rawlings

Whilst reflecting on the reasons why the American electoral college system rejected the former first lady, Hillary...

Opinion

NDC Desperately Arranges Aggrieved NPP Guys To Soil the Reputation of Nana Addo

One Eric Kwame Appenteng and two other persons claiming to be members, or former members, of NPP, had allowed...

Opinion

Ben Ephson Predicts 52% Win For President Mahama

Who at all is Ben Ephson? He is not a professional journalist but a charlatan pollster who has no specifically laid...

Opinion

Seek Ye First The Political Kingdom

There is no doubt this year’s election is a landmark election in our democratic history. The airwaves are tense and...

Opinion

Let Peace Reign In Ghana Forever.

We‘ve been waiting for almost a year and over to exhale. To see what Ghana could wear on Dec 5th to sail . We’re...

Opinion

NPP To Consider This Allegation Against the Polling Station Agentsat Nyinahini

I have been tipped off to the attitudes of the NPP polling station agents at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua...

Opinion

How To Be Filled With The Holy Spirit

LUKE 11:9-13; EPHESIANS 5:18 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and...