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

Nigeria Gas Sector Seeks $51b Investment

There is a $51 billion investment available in Nigeria’s Gas sector, Group Managing Director of Nigeria Nation...

International

Buhari Orders Probe of Sexual and Rights Abuses In IDPs Camps

Buhari orders probe of sexual and rights abuses in IDPs camps A 17-year-old girl has told of how a policeman raped her...

International

Nigeria Women’s Football Coach Goes Unpaid For Months

Less than a month before the start of the African Women's Cup of Nations in Cameroon, it has emerged that Nigeria coach...

International

Chinese Coal Mine Rescue Bid After Deadly Blast

Local media reported more than 400 workers are involved in attempts to rescue trapped miners Thirteen people were...

International

John Legend Says Men Are Afraid To Love

John Legend’s trophy cabinet contains an Oscar, a Golden Globe and 10 Grammy Awards but he says true love trumps all...

International

Schweinsteiger Returns To Man United First-Team Training

World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger has returned to training with Manchester United's first team. The 32-year-old...

International

Clinton Camp Blasts FBI ‘double Standards’

The Clinton campaign has blasted FBI Director James Comey for "blatant double standards" over the new inquiry into...

International

Mugabe Threatened To Beat Me Up

Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa has claimed President Robert Mugabe once threatened to physically...

International

Leave Buhari Out of Judges’ Arrest Saga

The Presidency has warned journalists and other Nigerians to stop linking President Muhammadu Buhari with the travails...

International

Barcelona Game Is A Cup Final For City

Pep Guardiola has labelled Manchester City's Champions League clash with Barcelona a must-win game if the Premier...

International

Trump Is Refusing To Pay His $767,000 Campaign Pollster

Donald Trump's hiring of pollster Tony Fabrizio in May was viewed as a sign that the real estate mogul was finally...

International

Insist Finance Minister Must Resign

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court was on Monday, asked to issue an order of mandamus compelling President...

International

5-Year-Old Dressed As Beyoncé In ‘Lemonade’ At Halloween

When it came time to decide what Kylie Rae Brooks wanted to dress up as for Halloween, the 5-year-old and her mother...

International

Son Butchers Father, Throws Corpse Head Into Pit Toilet

HRH Ene, Village Head of Ekpri Ikot Ene, the pit toilet and the suspect, Francis Ekpo Jnr., DISASTER struck,...

International

The Election Is Now About Anthony Weiner’s Penis

John Oliver is downright frustrated. There’s lots he’d like to talk about on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” but...

Politics

TUC Thanks Akufo-Addo For Preserving Ghana’s Peace

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah, has praised the 2016 presidential candidate...

International

Facebook ‘still Fails Napalm Girl Test’, Says Aftenposten

Facebook's plans to relax rules around posts deemed newsworthy or in the public interest do not go far enough, a...

Opinion

Charlotte Osei Is A Poor Choice To Lead the Electoral Commission

Ebo Quansah in Accra. It is exactly one month to the crucial Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but everything...

International

Mark Carney To Leave Bank of England In June 2019

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says he will step down in June 2019. It means he will serve one additional year...

International

US Murder Suspect ‘who Live-Streamed Getaway’ Shot Dead

A fugitive double murder suspect who is said to have live-streamed a getaway has been killed in a shootout with police,...