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

Song Comes Out of Two-Day Coma

Former Liverpool and Cameroon defender Rigobert Song has been brought out of a two-day coma and is due to fly to France...

Politics

Bad Economics For Political Gain

In his typical fashion, Dr Mahmud Bawumia, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has presented a 2016...

Politics

Boy Drowns During Swimming Challenge For GHC120

The boy, Dennis  Yaw Ayamba, and two others who were engaged in the challenge, dived from the top of the bridge over...

Politics

Professionals For Change Penetrate Zongos

One of the most vibrant volunteer groups in the 2016 NPP campaign, Professionals for Change has taken Nana...

Opinion

Classic Impropriety

The GCB Bank is in the news and worryingly for unenviable reasons. It hurts to brood over a state financial institution...

Opinion

The Fall Of A Mighty Star

A tragedy of the 21st century for Dagbang, the Northern regions and Ghana as a whole, occurred today, 3rd October 2016,...

Opinion

Selecting And Placing Candidates Into Schools

Introduction The Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) started in 2005, though, has been subjected...

Opinion

John Mahama And Mark Woyongo

In the Year 2000, when the New Patriotic Party was on rooftops clamouring vociferously for change I was one of the...

Opinion

Mahama And The Bizarre Cases Of Bribery And Corruption (1)

In the few weeks leading to the 7th December 2016 general elections, I shall seek to grub into the umpteen and somewhat...

Opinion

Enough Of CIAs Enough Project In Africa

Enough of the CIA’s “Enough Project” in Africa. With Hollywood superstar George Clooney as it’s talking head,...

Politics

Ghanaian Women Are Suffering Under Mahama

Wife of the New Patriotic Party presidential aspirant, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, says Ghanaian women are reeling under...

Opinion

If Mahama Is A Threat To Ghanas Future, What Is Akufo-Addo?

Folks, you must have read the news report quoting the NPP’s Akufo-Addo as saying that “the continued stay in office...

International

Protests Hit Ethiopia After Stampede Deaths

Protests broke out in some areas of Ethiopia's Oromiya region on Monday, a day after dozens of people were killed in a...

International

Snake Dies From Silicon Poisoning After Sinking Teeth Into Model’s Fake Breasts

play videoThe reptile latched on to her right breast in the nipple area. A busty model has been bitten on the breast by...

International

Zika Vaccine Race Spurred By Crisis and Profit Potential

The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research:...

International

Gabon Names New Cabinet After Disputed Presidential Vote

Gabon's new prime minister has named the country's new government after a disputed election that saw President Ali...

International

Ronaldo Targets Another 10 Years In Football

Cristiano Ronaldo insists that he has no intention of retiring any time soon. The Real Madrid superstar has tormented...

International

Former Qaeda In Syria Confirms A Leader Killed In Raid

A jihadist group that was formerly Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has confirmed that an air strike killed a senior...

International

Clinton Rips Into Trump Over Taxes

Hillary Clinton has attacked Donald Trump as the symbol of a "rigged system" after it emerged that he may not have paid...

International

I Don’t Know Klopp

Mario Balotelli has revealed that he had no relationship with Jurgen Klopp, who simply told him to leave Liverpool on...