Articles by Kwame Mensah
EU, US To Discuss Possible Airline Laptop Ban Wednesday
The European Union will hold high-level talks with the United States in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss a possible US...
Kenyan Pupils Protest After Nairobi School Demolition
Primary schoolchildren have used their desks to block a major road in Kenya's capital Nairobi after their school was...
South Africa Actor Killed Trying To Stop Robbery
South Africans are paying tribute to a former actor on popular local TV series Generations who was killed during a...
Albino Orangutan Named ‘Alba’ After Global Appeal
A conservation group said Monday it has chosen the name Alba for a rare albino orangutan rescued from captivity in...
After Break, Katy Perry Announces New Album and Tour
Pop superstar Katy Perry on Monday announced a new album and tour, promising a more mature and reflective side after...
Ivory Coast’s Year of the Mutiny
Ivory Coast, which is recovering from more than a decade of conflict, has since January been in the grip of a series of...
Clashes Erupt As Palestinians Mark ‘Nakba’
Palestinians marching to remember those displaced at the time of the 1948 founding of Israel clashed with Israeli...
Three British Gurkhas Return To Everest, Make Summit
Three British Gurkha soldiers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, two years after being caught in an...
Boko Haram Insurgents Kill Six Farmers In Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of...
Rescued ‘human Shields’ Tell of Mosul Horror
Fear and hunger are driving an ever-growing number of Iraqi civilians into a camp in Hammam al-Alil, where they share...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Election
Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head...
France’s Macron Names Republican Philippe As Prime Minister
President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France's new prime minister. Mr Philippe,...
Yemen Rebels Declare State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in...
Trump Will Nominate Callista Gingrich As Vatican Envoy
President Donald Trump is set to nominate Callista Gingrich, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next...
Chelsea Manning Will Continue To Receive Army Benefits After Release
Chelsea Manning will continue to receive health care and other benefits given to active duty soldiers after she is...
Nicki Minaj Launches ‘official Charity’ To Pay Off Student Loans
Just a week after Nicki Minaj spontaneously pledged to pay the tuition fees of more than a dozen students over Twitter,...
Big Bang Theory Star Jim Parsons Marries Partner Todd Spiewak
Jim Parsons has been with his partner Todd Spiewak for more than 14 years Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has married...
‘I Refused To Marry Boko Haram Militants’
She said she was abducted with her father in Gwoza, Borno state, in 2013 A 14-year-old girl who surrendered while on a...
Deadwood and Sin City Actor Powers Boothe Dies, Aged 68
Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his villain roles in TV’s Deadwood, and in the movies Tombstone, Sin...
GOP Reverses 14-Obama Era Rules
Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama's last-minute regulations, one. Congressional Republicans anxious to show...