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.

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Manchester City Romp To 4-1 Friendly Win Over Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City has spent big to bolster their defence this summer, but showed they will be a force to...

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Historians Race To Preserve Dying Memories of Partition

Sitting in her Karachi home, Jamshed Jahan Ara looks straight into the camera as she explains in a trembling voice how...

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S. Korea’s President Moon Adopts Abused Pooch

South Korean President Moon Jae-In has welcomed a new member into his family: Tory, a black mutt who was reportedly...

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China Releases Four of Six Detained Japanese

Four Japanese detained in China in March for alleged "illegal activities" have safely returned home, officials said...

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Marchisio Brace Lifts Juventus To 3-2 Win Over PSG

Claudio Marchisio's second-half double was enough for Juventus to see off Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 on Wednesday and send...

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China and India Locked In High-Stakes, High-Altitude Border Row

A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions...

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Amusement Ride Accident Kills One In US, Others Injured

A malfunction in an amusement ride at the Ohio State Fair sent riders catapulting through the air Wednesday, killing...

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USA Beat Jamaica 2-1 To Win Sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup

Jordan Morris's late strike lifted the United States to a 2-1 victory over Jamaica on Wednesday in the CONCACAF Gold...

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War-Torn Kabul Pulls Down Concrete Blast Walls

The blast walls that cut through Kabul like ramparts are being pulled down, part of a counter-intuitive makeover by...

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Senegal Crackdown Fails To Improve Lot of Child Beggars

Dawn has barely broken as three of Senegal's estimated 50,000 child beggars dart through the capital's streets, hoping...

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Neymar Scores As Barcelona Beat Manchester United 1-0

Neymar, serene amid a frenzy of transfer speculation, scored the first-half goal that gave Barcelona a 1-0 victory over...

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Fake News, Torture, Cover-Ups

Police brutality, "fake news" propaganda and official cover-ups at the height of apartheid have been laid bare in a...

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McEvoy Ready For ‘dogfight’ In Men’s 100m Freestyle

Cameron McEvoy expects a "very fast" men's 100m freestyle final at the world championships on Thursday with a...

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New Music From Late Australian Indigenous Singer Gurrumul

New music from world-renowned Australian Aboriginal singer Gurrumul will be released next month, his record label said,...

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Under Pressure, Trump Turns Attention Back To Clinton

Two chants emerged as hallmarks of Donald Trump's campaign rallies as he made his improbable run for the White House....

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US ‘racial Terror’ Laid Bare In Lynching Exhibition

A new exhibition is seeking to ignite a painful conversation in the United States about "racial terror" from the past...

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Wallaby Skipper Moore To Retire From International Rugby

Wallabies captain Stephen Moore announced his retirement Thursday from international rugby at the end of this year, but...

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Britain Plans Bigger Role In Asia Post Brexit

Britain plans to play a bigger role in Asia after Brexit, including deploying its military to the area if necessary,...

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Murdered New York Cop’s Baby Born 2.5 Years After His Death

New York police detective WenJian Liu was ambushed and killed two and a half years ago in a murder that shocked the...

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Could A Green Sponge Hold Cancer-Fighting Secrets?

A small green sponge discovered in dark, icy waters of the Pacific off Alaska could be the first effective weapon...