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

Politics

EC Chair Leading Ghana Into A “ditch” – Oquaye Cries, Calls For Peace Council’s Intervention

Former Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Reverend Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye is calling on the National Peace...

International

Asian Markets Tumble As US Presidential Race Tightens

Asian stocks have tumbled after early results from the US presidential polls suggested a victory for Donald Trump...

International

Hollywood Gets Panicky As Results Roll In

So how does this work? If we flee the country, do we use our current passports or do we wait for Russia to issue us new...

International

Lady Gaga Wore Michael Jackson’s Jacket To Clinton’s Final Rally

Lady Gaga’s appearance at Hillary Clinton’s final campaign rally is drawing attention not just for what she said,...

International

Double Amputee Veteran Tammy Duckworth Wins U.S. Senate Seat

Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, a U. S. Army veteran who lost both her legs in the Iraq war, unseated U.S. Senator Mark...

International

Gunmen Slay 36 Nigerian Miners In Zamfara State

Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in north-east Nigeria, police say. The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru...

International

Clinton and Trump In Swing State Deadlock

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are locked in a knife-edge battle in swing states after polls closed across half the...

International

Clinton Takes Northeast and Trump Sweeps South

Polls have closed across half the US as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump await the verdict of voters after a bitterly...

International

Trump Is the Winner in the State of Mississippi

Major news networks ABC News and CNN have projected that the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump is the...

International

US Elections 2016 – Hillary Clinton Wins Illinois Presidential Race

Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton has won the race for president in the state of Illinios, the...

International

Trump Didn’t Trust His Wife Melania Not to Vote for Hillary.

US Election 2016, CNN cameras caught Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump looking over his wife's shoulder as...

International

Nevada Judge Denies Trump Request; Warns About Twitter Trolls

A Nevada court judge forcefully denied a request Tuesday from Donald Trump's campaign to direct a county registrar of...

International

TV Drama Tells the Story Behind the Headlines

Damilola Taylor: TV drama tells the story behind the headlines The Taylor family lived in Nigeria before moving to...

Politics

GCPP Candidate Withdraws To Back Zanetor

The Klottey Korle parliamentary candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Joshua Kofi Rockson, has...

International

McDonald’s Sues Florence For 18m Euros

McDonald's is suing Florence for €18m after it was blocked from opening a restaurant on one of the Italian city's...

International

Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola...

International

Arsenal Forward Suffers Muscle Injury On Chile Duty

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has picked up a "low grade muscle injury" on international duty with Chile. Sanchez, 27,...

International

Trump Files Nevada Voting Lawsuit

In a sign that the legal team for the Trump campaign is aggressively laying the groundwork for potential legal...

International

Brexit Court Ruling Appeal Date Set For 5 December

The government's appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must vote on triggering Brexit will be heard in the...

International

Fifa’s Fatma Samoura To Visit Sierra Leone Over FA Dispute

Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura is to visit Sierra Leone to address the ongoing dispute between the country's...