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

Sisters Mock Trump’s Son With T-Shirt

When 17-year old Ceci Cardelle asked her older sister Annie, both second-generation Cuban-Americans, to go with her to...

International

EU and Canada Hold Out Hope For Trade Deal

Canada and the European Union say they remain hopeful a landmark free trade deal can go ahead despite three Belgian...

International

Ferocity of Kirkuk Attack Points To Tough Fight For Mosul

Ferocity of Kirkuk attack points to tough fight for Mosul Smoke rises as Kurdish forces take position at a site of an...

Opinion

Taxes, the Informal Sector & the Jobs Agenda

Policy arguments about what drives economic growth have traditionally focused on capital, infrastructure and...

Opinion

Are Child Abuse Cases Really Reducing?

A GNA feature by Pomeyie Caroline Accra, Oct. 24, GNA - The sexual abuse of girls is quite prevalent in our society as...

Opinion

Is Open Defecation the Best Way Out?

Accra, Oct. 24, GNA - The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on March 24, 2011 directed landlords in the Metropolis to...

Opinion

2016 Election In Ghana Another Test For Democratic Consolidation

Elections are significant in every democratic regime as it creates room for electorates to elect their representatives...

Opinion

High Unemployment In Ghana

Unemployment is the number of people in a particular country who cannot get job. Kindly permit me space in your widely...

Opinion

The Chief Of Staff Needs Our Prayers, Not Condemnation

“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man...

Opinion

Not To Debate

To a 72 septuagenarian trying to do an Election Buhari over a quint something, I would say debate banza to anyone who...

Opinion

Although Agya Koo Is A Late NPP Electioneering Campaigner, He Isdoing A Marvellous Job!

I say, bravo and more grease to the elbows of Agya Koo, my fellow NPP campaigner canvassing for Nana Akufo Addo and NPP...

International

Vardy, Pogba On Ballon d’Or List

Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have been named on the 2016 Ballon d'Or award shortlist for the world's...

International

Before His Coma He Spoke English; After Waking Up He’s Fluent In Spanish

Life's been full of uncertainties for Reuben Nsemoh lately. Ever since he suffered a concussion in a soccer game, the...

International

Hundreds Moved From ‘Jungle’ Camp

One migrant at the Calais camp tells the BBC: "I will not move one inch" Almost 2,000 migrants have been bussed away...

Politics

TV3’s Nina Abena Antwi-Kusi Wins UN Award On SDG’s

TV3’s Nina Abena Antwi-Kusi has been adjudged the second runner up in a special UN award for promoting the...

International

Dangote’s Company Sacks 48 Staff

Nigeria’s economic recession seems to have hit the Dangote Group, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The...

International

I’m Sorry For Making Arsenal Fans Suffer

Arsene Wenger apologised for making Arsenal fans suffer over the course of 20 years as he addressed the club's AGM on...

Opinion

Thumbs Up For Prof Naana Opoku Agyemang

One of the problems militating against quality education, especially, at the basic level, is teacher absenteeism.  In...

Opinion

I Would Rather Be Told The Cost Of The Mahama Outboard Motors

I am not on Ground Zero, so I cannot quite fathom why the redenomination of the nation’s legal tender, The Cedi,...

Opinion

We Cannot Supplant Serious Business With Pointless Debates

In life, the task of managing the nuclear family, comprising a wife and two kids, is such a difficult task which most...