Articles by Kwame Mensah
Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal
A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...
US Suspends Kenya Health Aid Over Corruption Fears
The US has suspended millions of dollars of aid for Kenya's beleaguered health service following repeated allegations...
Peacekeeper Killed In Attack In C. Africa
A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were missing following an attack on their convoy in the southeast of...
China’s Xi Vows To Defend Climate Pact In Call With Macron
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to protect the Paris Agreement on curbing climate change during a phone call with...
White House Meeting On Paris Climate Accord Postponed
A key White House meeting scheduled for Tuesday to discuss whether the United States will honor the Paris climate...
DR Congo Police Surround Opposition HQ In ‘tomb Row’
About 100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa Tuesday, an AFP...
Exit Poll Points To Moon Jae-In Win
The Democratic Party's Moon Jae-in is expected to win the South Korean presidential election, according to an exit poll...
Activist, Lawyer, President
The projected winner of South Korea's presidential election is a former special forces soldier, pro-democracy activist...
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Feared Being Hit With A Dildo
New Zealand's deputy prime minister has told a court of her feared she would be struck with a dildo when she drove...
Seven Anti-Corruption Activists Kidnapped In Baghdad
Armed men have kidnapped seven young Iraqi anti-corruption activists in central Baghdad, security sources and a civil...
Iraq Forces Advance In West Mosul
Iraqi forces announced on Tuesday they had retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, tightening the noose...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 51
More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in...
Surprise Resignation For Tunisia Vote Chief
Tunisia's election chief Chafik Sarsar has resigned just months before the country is due to hold its first...
Italy Gets Google To Pay $335 Million In Tax Arrears
Italy's tax agency confirmed that Google (GOOGL, Tech30) would pay €306 million ($335 million) to cover taxes for the...
Brazilians Are Drinking More Beer
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), a Brazilian-owned firm and brewer of Budweiser and other brands, reported solid results...
Kenyan Runner Comes Close, But 2-Hour Marathon Barrier Remains Unbroken
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge came tantalizingly close to breaking one of the most coveted frontiers left in athletics, running...
What Emmanuel Macron’s Win Means For Africa
Emmanuel Macron's decisive win in the French presidential election has not only spurred enthusiasm in Europe. Across...
Meet Lionel Messi Lookalike From Iran
Lionel Messi, perhaps the world's most famous footballer, had to be escorted to a police station after stunned fans in...
Migrants Storm Border Fence From Morocco Into Spain
About 100 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on...
Jakarta’s Christian Governor Jailed For Two Years For Blasphemy
Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock...