Articles by Kwame Mensah
EU States Slammed For Lack of Support To Africa Fund
EU countries have fallen far short of their duty to an African economic development fund designed to help discourage...
Tanzania President Says Teen Mothers Should Quit School
Tanzania President John Magufuli said students who become pregnant should not be allowed to finish their studies after...
Zimbabwe VP Pledges ‘free and Fair’ Election In 2018
Zimbabwe's Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday pledged that next year's elections will be peaceful, "free and...
Angry Mob Beats Indian Policeman To Death Outside Mosque
An angry mob beat a police officer to death outside a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir as tensions ran high in the...
CIA Knew In August That Putin Sought To Boost Trump
The CIA had top-level intelligence last August that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an operation to...
Yemen Cholera Cases Could Jump To 300,000 By September
A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen will probably have infected more than 300,000 people by September, up sharply...
Al-Jazeera Says Call To Shut It Attack On ‘freedom of Expression’
Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Friday any move to shut it down was an attack on media freedom, following...
Bomber Sows Death Among Civilians Fleeing Mosul
A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday among civilians fleeing the Old City of Mosul, where increasingly desperate...
At Least Two Dozen People Killed In Multiple Pakistan Blasts
Multiple blasts killed at least 24 people in two Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month,...
Egg Shape Depends On Flying Skills of Bird
The rich variety in shapes of the eggs that birds lay -- elliptical, pointy, spherical -- seems to be linked to how...
US New Home Prices Hit Record In May
Sales of new homes in the United States picked up in May, with prices hitting their highest levels on record, the...
Twin Blasts In NW Pakistan Kill At Least 11
At least 11 people were killed and 24 wounded on Friday when twin blasts tore through a market crowded with shoppers...
China Ping Pong Team In Disarray After Players Quit
China's top-ranking men's ping pong team was in disarray Friday after three of its star players quit an international...
UAE Warns Qatar Over Neighbours’ Demands
The United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of "divorce" with Qatar unless it takes seriously a list of demands including...
India’s Srikanth Into Badminton’s Australian Open Semis
India's Kidambi Srikanth overcame compatriot Sai Praneeth 25-23, 21-17 to reach the semi-finals of badminton's...
‘City That Never Sleeps’ Wants To Dial Down the Volume
Car horns, sirens, drilling, jet overflights and restaurants where diners have to yell to be heard -- New York is one...
Australia the Team To Beat At Women’s World Cup
Reigning champions Australia will be the team to beat when the 11th edition of the Women's World Cup gets under way in...
Trump Questions Impartiality of Russia Probe Chief
President Donald Trump has questioned the impartiality of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe into...
Springboks Turn Jeers To Cheers In Rugby Resurgence
Coach Allister Coetzee, defence specialist Brendan Venter and skipper Warren Whiteley and his Golden Lions have been...
The Creepy Toys Making A Killing At the Box Office
Take away a vampire's teeth and he's just a goth that can't handle garlic. Wait for some decent cloud cover and your...