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

Opinion

WorldRemit Commends Restoration of Money Transfers To Nigeria

WorldRemit (www. WorldRemit.com/en/Nigeria), the leading digital remittance service, commends the restoration of money...

Opinion

Nigerian In Recession With ‘record’ Low Foreign Investment

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession official data revealed Wednesday with oil production...

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Nigerian Economy In Recession With ‘record’ Low Foreign Investment

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession, official data showed Wednesday, with oil production...

Opinion

Tanzania Opposition Postpones Protests Against ‘dictatorship’

Dar es Salaam (AFP) - Tanzania's main opposition party on Wednesday postponed for a month promised protests against...

Opinion

Bongo To Be Declared Winner of Gabon Election

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was set to be declared winner of last weekend's contested election,...

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Sunderland Pay Record Fee For Gabon Star Ndong

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Gabonese international midfield dynamo Didier Ndong signed for Premier League side...

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Three-Year African Elephant Census Reveals Dramatic Decline

Nairobi (AFP) - The results of a three-year aerial survey of Africa's elephants published Thursday revealed a dramatic...

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Clashes As Gabon’s Bongo Narrowly Wins Re-Election

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner Thursday of contested weekend elections, extending...

Opinion

‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse For African Stargazers

Paris (AFP) - Stargazers in south and central Africa will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday when the...

Opinion

Dynastic Scion In His Father’s Shadow

Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central African...

Opinion

Two Jihadists Killed In Tunisia Raid

Kasserine (Tunisia) (AFP) - Two suspected jihadists were killed in a nighttime raid by security forces in the Kasserine...

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Gabon’s Bongo Hails ‘peaceful and Transparent’ Vote

Libreville (AFP) - President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Wednesday hailed a weekend vote in which his reelection prompted...

Opinion

Demonstrators Set Gabon Parliament On Fire

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's national assembly was set ablaze Wednesday evening by angry protestors who took to the...

Opinion

Gabon Parliament Set Ablaze After Bongo Declared Winner

Libreville (AFP) - Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner...

Opinion

Anderson Smiling After Win Over Pospisil

New York (AFP) - Amid myriad health troubles in 2016, Kevin Anderson found a new fan who was on hand to cheer the South...

Opinion

Gabon Security Forces Attempt To Storm Opposition HQ

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon security forces were attempting to storm the opposition headquarters early Thursday, leaving...

Opinion

NDC Folks Are Kicking Against Sound Electoral Reforms

It recently came across as intent by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, to appoint...

International

Brazil’s Rousseff Dilma Removed From Office By Impeachment Vote

Brazil's Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to...

Opinion

When Do They Become Too Much?

A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen. Manifesto...

Opinion

Celebrating Anas and His Tiger Eye

The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood summed it up thus: “justice has been wounded.” The bribery scandal in...