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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Musk To Quit Advisory Panels If Trump Withdraws From Climate Deal

Tesla founder and technology luminary Elon Musk said Wednesday he would quit President Donald Trump's business advisory...

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Fed Sees Modest To Moderate US Growth; Optimism Waning

Most regions of the United States continue to see modest to moderate growth, but optimism about the economic outlook...

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Uganda Probes Chinese Diplomats Over Ivory Trafficking

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into possible collusion between the country's wildlife...

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Agony For Afghan Civilians In Deadly Kabul Truck Bombing

Anguished Afghans scoured hospitals and morgues in Kabul Wednesday, sifting through disfigured and charred bodies for...

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Paris’s Eiffel Tower To Go Dark For Kabul Bombing Victims

The lights at the Eiffel Tower will be switched off Wednesday night to honour the scores of victims from the huge truck...

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Trump Reviews Option To Move US Embassy To Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump will decide on Thursday whether to renew a legal waiver that delays an eventual move of the...

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Indian Air Force Pilots Declared Dead Week After Crash

The Indian Air Force Wednesday declared two of its pilots dead a week after their Sukhoi fighter jet crashed in a...

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As NKorea Threat Grows, US Plans Next Anti-ICBM Test In 2018

The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two...

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South Africa Reveal T20 Name, Logo

Cricket South Africa announced on Wednesday that its planned high-profile Twenty20 league will be named the T20 Global...

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James’s LA Home Vandalized With Racial Slur

A racial slur was spray-painted on the front gate of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James's $20 million (17.8 million...

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Jabeur First Arab Woman In Slam Third Round

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach the third round of a Grand Slam on Wednesday when she...

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EU, China Summit To Back Climate Deal Even Without US

The European Union and China will throw their full weight behind the Paris climate accord at a summit on Friday, EU...

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US Man Splits From Ex-Teacher Wife Convicted of Raping Him

A US man who married his former teacher -- after she was jailed on child rape charges over a sexual relationship that...

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Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals

An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...

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Shareholders Vote For ExxonMobil Transparency On Climate Impact

ExxonMobil's shareholders voted decisively Wednesday to push the oil giant to test how the fight against global warming...

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A Match Made In Heaven, Or In the Brain?

It's a tale as old as time. Meet someone you like, spend time together, get physical, settle down. This is a normal...

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Ex-Worker Kills Two Staff At Saudi School

A 'disgruntled' ex-employee of a Saudi private school shot dead two staff members and injured a third, the school's...

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Sri Lanka Saves Pod of Stranded Whales

Sri Lanka's navy and local residents rescued a pod of about 20 stranded pilot whales off the island's northeastern...

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NASA Probe To Fly Into Sun’s Atmosphere

A new NASA mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and...

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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...