Articles by Kwame Mensah
Wallaby Mumm To Retire At End of Rugby Season
Wallabies and NSW Waratahs forward Dean Mumm on Wednesday announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the 2017...
Four Killed In I.Coast Clashes Between Ex-Rebels and Police
Four people were killed when police clashed with former rebels barricading the road into the Ivorian city of Bouake, as...
N. Korea Balloons Prompted Warning Shots
Flying objects that prompted South Korean forces to fire warning shots this week appeared to be balloons carrying...
From the Death Penalty To Gay Marriage
Same-sex marriage, which Taiwan could become the first Asian nation to authorise, is currently legal in around 20...
Zidane To Be Next France Coach
After winning a Champions League and La Liga title already in Madrid, the France legend is already being earmarked for...
Trump To Meet Pope and Italian Leaders
US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Pope Francis and Italy's top leaders in Rome on the third leg of...
Liberia Seeks A New President
A football superstar, a former warlord and a soft drinks millionaire have thrown their hats into the ring for the post...
Moody’s Downgrades China’s Credit Rating
China has received a downgrade on its credit score, on worries about the future state of the economy. Moody's Investors...
Jailed Chinese Lawyer Force-Fed Medication, Wife Says
When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not...
Gambia Tackles Sleazy Image To Diversify Tourism
For decades, The Gambia has built a reputation as a haven for tourists willing to pay for sun, sand, sea... and sex....
The Female Muslim Comic Standing Up To Extremism
Wearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as...
Police Criticised For Tactics In Deadly Sydney Cafe Siege
Police underestimated the threat posed by a self-styled Islamic cleric during a Sydney cafe siege and took too long to...
Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...
Myanmar Seeks To Kick Start Stalled Peace Process
Hundreds of representatives from Myanmar's ethnic insurgent groups gathered in the capital on Wednesday for talks aimed...
Duterte Vows ‘harsh’ Martial Law In Southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Wednesday that martial law would be "harsh" and like a dictatorship, after...
Japanese Yakuza Arrested For Stealing Food
Life as a Japanese "yakuza" mobster is getting so hard that some are resorting to shoplifting food to stay in business....
Newark Airport Closed After Engine Fire Prompts Plane Evacuation
Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey temporarily shut down late Tuesday after an engine fire prompted the...
Trump Praises Duterte’s ‘great Job’ In Philippine Drug War
US President Donald Trump praised his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte over his immensely polarizing drug war,...
Trump Calls North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un ‘madman With Nuclear Weapons’
President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" during a telephone call...
Samsung Investigating Galaxy S8 ‘iris Hack’
Samsung Electronics is investigating claims by a German hacking group that it fooled the iris recognition system of the...