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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Infantino ‘confident’ In 2022 Despite Qatar Crisis

FIFA is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the...

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Israeli Court Awards Netanyahus $32,500 In Libel Case

An Israeli court Sunday awarded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife $32,500 in a libel case over a...

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Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...

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Iran Has Sent Five Planes of Food To Qatar

Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar, Iran's national carrier told AFP on Sunday, days after Gulf countries cut...

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Qatar Tells Gulf Residents They Are Free To Stay

Qatar has said citizens of states that have cut ties with the emirate will be allowed to stay in the country despite...

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Chastened Brazil To Take No Chances Against Australia

The world's number one team Brazil will not be under-estimating Australia as they bid to rebound from their...

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Fans In Focus At Major E3 Video Game Trade Show

Video game giant Electronic Arts on Saturday courted fans with titles such as "Star Wars Battlefront" and snatched the...

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Ethiopia’s Emergency Food Aid To Run Out Next Month

Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN...

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Puerto Ricans Vote On Knotty US Relationship

To become a true US state, to choose independence or to maintain the status quo: Puerto Ricans will on Sunday mull...

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Vietnam Revokes Citizenship of French Dual National Dissident

Vietnam has stripped a French-Vietnamese former political prisoner and mathematics lecturer of his citizenship,...

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China Web Users Take Aim At Property Clampdown

Chinese social media users on Sunday angrily criticised a Shanghai government crackdown on unauthorised real estate...

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Gaddafi’s Son Saif ‘freed’ In Libya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed...

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Tired, Traumatised Mosul Mothers Unable To Breastfeed

Wazira rocks her tiny baby pleadingly but he is inconsolable, crying for the milk his mother can neither produce...

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Sessions To Testify In Response

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will appear before a Senate panel in response to James Comey's testimony. He...

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S.Africa’s Pre-Teen Queen With ‘rainmaking’ Powers

She is a 12-year-old schoolgirl who aspires to become a doctor. But Masalanabo Modjadji is no ordinary pre-teen -- she...

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Mellower Green Playing This Game Five After 2016 NBA Ban

Golden State Warriors starting forward Draymond Green won't be stuck watching game five of the NBA Finals from the...

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President Mugabe Sacks Zimbabwe’s Chief Prosecutor Johannes Tomana

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked the country's chief prosecutor, Johannes Tomana, after a tribunal found...

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Farmers Call To Return Home

Farmers and fishermen displaced by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria want to return home, saying it will help...

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Ex-Top Gear Host Richard Hammond Injured In Swiss Crash

Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has been flown to hospital after a crash while filming in Switzerland. The...

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US Attorney General Next In Scandal’s Spotlight

Jeff Sessions, a longtime senator until President Donald Trump picked him as US attorney general, heads to Congress...