Articles by Kwame Mensah
Wanted Dutch-Moroccan Held In Extradition Row
A Dutch-Moroccan national at the centre of a diplomatic row between the two countries was arrested Thursday as Rabat...
US Rolls Out Travel Ban, But Who Will Be Hit?
President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from six mostly Muslim countries will come into force late Thursday, as...
Canada Prolongs Iraq Mission To 2019
Canada will continue to train Kurdish militia for another two years as part of the US-led coalition fighting the...
Benin’s President In Paris For ‘routine’ Check-Up
Benin President Patrice Talon has returned to Paris for a "routine" health check after having two operations in France...
Iraq Sees End To ‘caliphate’ As Mosul Mosque Recaptured
Iraq declared the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was coming to an end after it recaptured Mosul's iconic Nuri mosque...
Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees
An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...
Trump In Brutal ‘facelift’ Attack On Female Journalist
Donald Trump unleashed a brutal personal attack Thursday on respected female television host Mika Brzezinski in the...
US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...
US Woman Kills Boyfriend In YouTube Stunt Gone Wrong
A 19-year-old US woman faces a manslaughter charge after fatally shooting her boyfriend in a YouTube stunt gone wrong,...
Kenya Delays Early Oil Export By Three Months
Kenya has delayed plans to export its first oil in June by three months to better negotiate revenue sharing with the...
Festival Finds the Universal In Choirs
The human voice is the most basic of all musical instruments. But when singers come together as choirs, quality...
Women, Children Returning From IS Warzones
Women and children involved with groups like Islamic State are increasingly returning to their home countries in...
Cambodian Five Freed On Bail After A Year In Jail
Five prominent Cambodian rights activists have been released on bail after more than a year in jail, a court official...
E. Guinea VP Says French Case Against Him Fabricated
Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of its leader, denounced a French legal case against him...
Nigeria Begins Yam Exports To Europe, US
Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its...
Spanish Company Charged Over Air Algerie Crash In Mali
Spanish plane leasing company Swiftair was charged Thursday in a French probe into the crash of an Air Algerie plane in...
McDonald’s Shuts 41 Delhi Restaurants Over Expired Licenses
McDonald's India said on Thursday it has temporarily closed 41 restaurants in Delhi due to expired licenses in a major...
US-Backed Force Cuts Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday sealed off the last route used by the Islamic State group to flee an...
UK Foreign Minister Johnson Urges Democratic Progress In Hong Kong
UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday urged democratic progress in Hong Kong, 20 years after Britain returned...
IS Has Lost 60% of Territory, 80% of Revenue
The Islamic State group has lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue, an analysis firm...