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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Trump, Australia’s Turnbull To Bury the Hatchet In New York Meeting

Donald Trump will meet Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in New York next week, rebooting a relationship that...

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Disney Sets Summer 2019 Release For ‘Star Wars IX’

Disney announced Tuesday it had set the date of May 24, 2019 for Colin Trevorrow's "Star Wars: Episode IX" and is...

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Madonna Angered By Unauthorized Biopic

Madonna voiced anger Tuesday over news that a Hollywood studio plans an unauthorized biopic of her early years in New...

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Scolari’s Evergrande Squash Historic ‘Beef Ball’ Bid

Luiz Felipe Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande crushed Hong Kong's Eastern 6-0 on Tuesday as they ruthlessly ousted the...

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Uber Wants To Launch ‘flying Cars’ By 2020

Uber said Tuesday it wants to launch a system of flying cars to move people around cities, with a goal of putting...

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Google Tweak Aims To Curb Fake, Misleading Search Results

Google on Tuesday announced changes to how it delivers and ranks internet searches, the latest effort by the tech giant...

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Marissa Mayer To Make $184million From Yahoo’s Sale To Verizon

Yahoo's chief executive, Marissa Meyer, will be paid $184m when the sale of her company to Verizon completes this year....

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UN Says Corruption In Afghanistan A Challenge Despite Progress

Corruption remains a serious obstacle to peace in Afghanistan, the UN said in its first report on the issue released...

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Saudi Wins Top Arab Fiction Award

A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the...

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Almost 30 Die In Senegal and Gambia Boat Accidents

Almost 30 people have died in two boat accidents in Senegal and The Gambia, neighbouring west African nations with poor...

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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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NFL Star Peterson Set For Saints Switch

Former Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson could launch the next phase of his NFL career against his old team after...

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Dragged United Passenger ‘aggressive’, Officers Say

Newly released reports from security officers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport paint an unflattering picture...

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Church Bombings Aim At Egypt’s Unity

The two church bombings that killed dozens in Egypt this month targeted unity among Muslims and Christians in the most...

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T.I. Speaks Out On Police Brutality

CNN caught up with Tip "T. I." Harris at the SXSW festival last month, where the Grammy-winning rapper and actor...

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‘Man of the People’ Joshua Set For ‘whole New Level’

Anthony Joshua says he will be competing at a "whole new level" when he takes on Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday's world...

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Investors Keep Wells Fargo Board At Contentious Meeting

The entire Wells Fargo board of directors was reelected Tuesday after a bruising, rowdy annual meeting where...

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IS Terrorises Mosul Civilians As Iraq Forces Advance

Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a...

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US Pushes UN To Again Consider Arms Embargo On South Sudan

The United States on Tuesday urged the divided UN Security Council to back an arms embargo and sanctions against South...

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Trump Vows To Fight Anti-Semitism

US President Donald Trump promised to fight anti-Semitism on Tuesday, seeking to put behind him a series of missteps...