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

Zongo For NDC Urges Rejection of NPP’s Zongo Dev’t Fund

A group calling itself Zongo For NDC has rubbished New Patriotic Party’s manifesto promise to establish a Zongo...

Opinion

A Harlot Teaching A Nun Morality!

“The fight against corruption should start with an incorruptible president. I have said so before and will repeat it...

Politics

Mahama On A Five-Day Tour of Volta Region

President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday, October 16 began a five-day campaign tour of the Volta Region. The tour kicked...

International

Didier Drogba Refuses To Play For Montreal Impact

Didier Drogba has refused to play for Montreal Impact after being told he would not be starting against Toronto,...

Opinion

Hope and Optimism

For a while, it appeared the motherland had nowhere to go but keep sinking post-December 7, 2016. Profligately...

Opinion

What Is This Mad Rush To Catch Witches In Tamale For?

Once again, some few misguided individuals have put the name of Tamale and its good people in the news, not for the...

Opinion

Is President Mahama Flogging A Dead Horse?

I remember former president Jerry John Rawlings struggling to say Bosnia Herzegovina on national television (GTV)...

Opinion

The Evolution of Mobile Phone Banking Services

I do have a question for you. Is the use of Mobile Phone Banking making significant efforts in bridging the gap to...

Opinion

Dont Let Academic Paper Qualifications Deceive You Into Voting For Highly Corrupt Persons

Who would you vote for in the upcoming 2016 general election were you to be presented with two choices? The choices are...

Opinion

So Mahama Thinks Hes Right To Call Aggrieved Ghanaians Whiners?-(2)

It is nothing but an impertinent boldness that can drive an elected president to chastise his subordinates for...

Opinion

Afoko Case Has Been Unduly Prolonged

It has gone on for so unduly long that the Gregory Afoko case has almost effectively become a travesty (See “State...

Politics

Crossing Our ‘Ts’ and Dotting Our ‘Is’

Ghana’s Electoral Commission, led by Mrs Charlotte Osei drummed home a certain truth to Ghanaians through the refusal...

International

War-Weary Libyans Miss Life Under Kadhafi

Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Moamer Kadhafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they...

Politics

NDC Constituency Chairman Defects To NPP

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman for the Ekumfi Constituency,  Ekow Esirifie Buckman, has resigned his...

International

Operation To Retake Mosul From ISIS Begins In Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul...

Opinion

Akufo-Addo To Appoint Special Prosecutor Six-Months Into Office

They claim that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, NPP’s Serial Presidential Candidate, is one of Ghana’s finest lawyers....

Politics

Dangote Shakes Ghacem; Stabilises Cement Price

The management of Dangote Cement Plc says the company is well positioned to become the leader of the cement industry in...

Opinion

Rebuilding The Continent Of Africa

In a telephone conversation with a friend in America, she demanded an answer to a question she asked me concerning the...

Opinion

The (Trans-Siberian Train Of) Heartland Or (Mare Liberum Of) Rimland? Mega Structures For The Next Century

This year marks the centenary of the creation of the legendary Trans-Siberian railway of Russia. By an ironic twist of...

Opinion

The NDC And NPP Politics Of The Collapsed Economy; A Layman View

As the 2016 elections draws closer, the economic performance of Ghana has taken centre stage in the campaign of the two...