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

Decision Time For Ping As Gabon Court Deadline Looms

All eyes in Gabon were on Jean Ping on Thursday, as the opposition leader had only a few hours left to take his claim...

Opinion

A Battle Between Ghanaians And The NDC

The upcoming election is a battle of our conscience and thoughts. A battle between good and evil, competence and...

International

What We Know About Boko Haram’s Factional War

For seven years, Boko Haram has terrorized northeast Nigeria and surrounding countries, killing tens of thousands and...

International

Senior Militant Leader ‘killed’ Near Aleppo

A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel...

Opinion

The Jungle Poor and Our GJA Award

I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a...

International

‘teach My Children the Principles of Jesus Christ’

Among the 21 Coptic Christian workers beheaded on a beach in Libya last year by ISIS was a father who, before he went...

Opinion

The UNs SDGs Who Cares?

A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that...

Opinion

African Union; The Wests Gendarme In Africa

The African Union is the west’s gendarme in Africa with it’s combined national armed forces increasingly primed to...

International

North Korea Claims Success In Fifth Nuclear Test

North Korea says it has successfully carried out its fifth nuclear test. The announcement on state media came hours...

International

Kendall and Kylie Jenner Rescued After Getting Stuck In Elevator

Kendall and Kylie took photo with firefighters after the rescue Nothing like Snapchatting through a crisis, right...

International

Rob Kardashian Reveals the Reason He Was Attracted To Blac Chyna

Rob Kardashian has finally opened up about what attracted him to Blac Chyna! Kardashian admitted Thursday morning on...

International

Serena Williams Out of US Open With Shock Loss To Pliskova

Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova outplayed Serena Williams to reach the US Open final and end the American's reign as...

International

Librarian Leaves $4m To University

A librarian has left $4m (£3m) in his will to the US university where he worked for five decades. Robert Morin, who...

International

French Policeman Stabbed By Suspect

A policeman in France has been stabbed during an operation to arrest three women in connection with a car found with...

International

Brazil Police Seek To Question IOC Head

Brazilian police say they want to speak to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach about an alleged...

International

Owners Advised Not To Use On Planes

Airline passengers have been warned by US authorities not to switch on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones...

International

Senior Militant Leader ‘killed’

A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel...

International

North Korea Conducts ‘biggest Nuclear Test’

North Korea is believed to have carried out its fifth and largest ever test of a nuclear device, South Korean military...

Opinion

Solving Waste Menace; 1 District, 1 Waste Processing Plant

It surprises me why none of the political parties is presenting solution to one major problem which is shooting this...

Opinion

The Lessons From Bawku and Beyond

Folks, when the NPP’s Akufo-Addo recently took his electioneering campaign stumping to Northern Ghana, he made...