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

Tanzania Plans To Set Wall Between Money Transfer and Mobile Phone Services

Tanzania plans to issue separate licences to mobile phone companies running money transfer services in a move to secure...

International

Ping Rejects Court Ruling On Bongo Election Win

Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the...

International

Washington State Gun Attack Suspect In Custody

A suspect sought over a fatal gun attack at a shopping centre in Washington state on Friday evening has been captured,...

International

Buhari Asks Countries To Fulfil Humanitarian Crisis Relief Pledges

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, says the 71st United Nations General Assembly meeting was a successful outing,...

International

UN Chief ‘appalled’ By Aleppo Escalation

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his...

International

Gabon’s Bongo Asks National Unity After Re-Election Is Confirmed

Gabon's newly re-elected president, Ali Bongo, said Saturday that he would seek to form a new government based on a...

International

Police Release Bodycam Footage of Keith Scott Shooting

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have released officer bodycam and dashcam footage of a controversial shooting of a...

International

Kenya Will Deny Water, Electricity and Phone Bills Debtors Loan Come 2017

Failure to pay electricity, water and telephone bills could now land Kenyans on the list of defaulters at the credit...

International

Nigeria Forex Crisis and Unfinished Naira-Yuan Swap Deal

Barely five months after a currency swap deal between Nigeria and China was enmeshed in controversy, the country’s...

Politics

Calm Returns To Buipe After NPP-NDC Voter Transfer Clash

Calm has returned to Buipe in the Central Gonja District of Northern Region after a standoff between the New Patriotic...

Politics

NPP Warned Over ‘Mahama Incompetent’ Tag

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the Walewale Constituency in the Northern Region,...

Politics

Another Ghanaian Dies In Mecca

Another Ghanaian pilgrim whose name has been given as Alhaji Yakubu Zakaria has passed on in Saudi Arabia. This follows...

Opinion

God Is Not Yaw Perbi, Why Will He Kill Angel Obinim

I was recovering from the adulations of self inflicted shame cause by a renowed professor Agyemang Badu Akorsah after...

Opinion

3 Lessons I Learnt From The Worlds Fastest Human, Usain Bolt

The success story of the Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, regarded as the fastest human on earth is very inspiring. His...

Opinion

K. T. Hybrid Hammond Is Scared FOIB Will Lead To Ghana’s Lost $6 Billion-Plus Oil Cash?(2)

"... Member of parliament Kobina Tahir Hammond...called the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill a minefield, cautioning...

Opinion

The Whole In The Bucket (Part1)

I give thanks to my parents-in-law to have given me their only daughter to be my wife “Go and fetch water,” said...

Opinion

The Whole In The Bucket (Part 2)

“Any life is important and must be saved no matter the cost, that is what the Bible is demanding from us,” said...

Opinion

When Amissah-Arthur Does A Sam George

Vice-President Amissah-Arthur is right; if short people in Ghana are having a hard time recognizing the purportedly...

International

Coach Siasia Demands Unpaid Salary From Nigeria

Samson Siasia, Nigeria's former under-23 coach, has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a two-week ultimatum to...

International

Manhunt After Deadly US Mall Shooting

Images of the suspect were taken from security footage at the mall A manhunt is under way for a shooter who killed five...