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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Republican Veteran, But Never A Trump Insider

Sean Spicer, who resigned Friday after a stormy six months as White House press secretary, was tapped to be Donald...

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War Crimes Court To Award Timbuktu Damages In August

War crimes judges will next month deliver a landmark order for reparations for the razing of the fabled Timbuktu...

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Is A Facebook Phone In the Works?

Facebook could be working on a smartphone, according to paperwork recently spotted by cyber sleuths which the tech...

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‘Mystery’ Signal From Space Is Solved. It’s Not Aliens

Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of peculiar signals coming from a nearby star, a story that sparked intense...

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Third Palestinian Killed Amid Clashes In Jerusalem, West Bank

A third Palestinian was killed on Friday after clashes erupted between Israeli forces and protesters over new security...

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White House Spokesman, Trump Legal Aide Quit As Russia Probe Deepens

White House press secretary Sean Spicer and a member of President Donald Trump's legal team resigned Friday in a...

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Linkin Park Singer Died On Birthday of Friend Cornell

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington apparently killed himself on the birthday of his late friend Chris Cornell of...

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Qatar Ruler To Speak On Row With Saudi Arabia and Allies

Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is to address the nation Friday night in a televised speech, the first...

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Bank of America Picks Dublin As Post-Brexit Hub

Bank of America announced Friday that it will move its hub for EU business to Dublin from London following Brexit. The...

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Iran Accuses US of Nuclear Deal ‘sabotage’

Iran on Friday vented its frustration over fresh US sanctions which it says "violate" the terms of a 2015 landmark...

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US Sailors Likely At Fault In Cargo-Ship Collision

The crew of a Navy destroyer that collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship will "certainly" be held accountable...

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NY Subway Derailment Causes Evacuation, Disruptions

A minor derailment on New York's beleaguered subway system forced the evacuation Friday of 135 passengers to a nearby...

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Austria Tells Italy To Stop Bringing Migrants To Mainland Europe

Austria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by...

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Myanmar Still Using ‘same Tactics’ of Oppression As Junta

Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday,...

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Three Dead As Clashes Erupt Over Jerusalem Holy Site

Three Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded Friday as clashes erupted between protesters and Israeli forces over...

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German Car Giants ‘secretly Colluded Since the 1990s’

German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler secretly worked together from the 1990s onward on issues...

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Pentagon Blocks Some Pakistan Military Payments

The US Defense Department has withheld $50 million in Pakistan military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis...

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Gambia Justice Minister Promises New Post-Jammeh Constitution

The Gambia's justice minister has promised a new constitution to be voted on by referendum as the tiny west African...

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Angola Adopts Law Limiting Power of Future Presidents

Angola's parliament passed a law on Friday that will drastically limit the powers of the country's future presidents in...

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Thousands Protest In Amman Over Israeli Measures In Jerusalem

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Jordanian capital on Friday to condemn Israel's latest security...