Articles by Kwame Mensah
Knicks, Top Executive Phil Jackson Agree To Part Ways
Phil Jackson, who won a record 11 NBA titles as a coach, announced Wednesday his resignation as New York Knicks...
Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday
Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...
Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club
Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also...
Michigan Airport Attacker To Stay In Jail Pending Trial
A US judge denied bond Wednesday to the Canadian man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport, in...
South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti May Cut 8,500 Jobs
AngloGold Ashanti, the world's third largest gold miner, said Wednesday it was considering 8,500 job cuts in South...
Africa Gets Generic Version of Most Effective HIV Drug
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where more...
Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President
Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...
Steve Earle, Country Outlaw Turned Renaissance Man, Refinds Roots
Steve Earle is a country rocker who has distinguished himself far beyond music, a Texan who long ago left the state,...
Children Lead the Way As Raqa Families Escape Jihadists
Trapped in their homes in Raqa and running out of supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family and their neighbours were...
Kenya’s Ngugi Dumps Swedish Book Fair Over Far-Right Newspaper
Kenyan literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong'o, often tipped for the Nobel literature prize, has pulled out of an annual...
Fears Surge of A Fresh War In Congo’s Nord-Kivu
The governor of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army Wednesday to beef up operations against a...
North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an...
Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping
A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...
Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump Supplier Released
Three activists who were detained last month while investigating working conditions at a Chinese factory making Ivanka...
China Donates Arms To Philippines For Raging Islamist Fight
China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to help Manila in its battle...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Detained By Police
Hong Kong student pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was detained by police on Wednesday after an anti-China protest...
30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria
Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...
Bristol Pay Record Fee For Senegalese International
Senegalese international forward Famara Diedhiou will lead second tier Bristol City's line next season after the...