Articles by Kwame Mensah
Syrian Refugees Settle In Egypt, Give Up On West
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West...
Reporters Without Borders Opens First Asia Office In Taiwan
International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after...
New Museum Reveals Power of Poo In Italy
It may pong, but Italy's "Shit Museum" has the whiff of success about it: here in Castelbosco, farmers are transforming...
A Red Line Already Crossed In Syria
President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years...
CIA Knew In Summer of Russian Effort To Back Trump
The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously...
Uruguay To Sell Cannabis In Pharmacies From July
Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final stage in the country's pioneering regularisation...
Soupy Weather Smothers Shanghai GP Practice
Damp, soupy weather disrupted the Chinese Grand Prix's first free practice on Friday, delaying at least for a few hours...
Australian Trots Hit By Fixing Scandal
Australia's harness racing industry, known as the trots, was Friday rocked by fixing allegations as police charged a...
North and South Korea Face Off On Pyongyang Football Field
South Korea's flag will fly in Pyongyang on Friday as its women's football team takes on their neighbours in the first...
Algeria Tries To Motivate Jaded Voters Ahead of Poll
Campaigning starts on Sunday for next month's Algerian parliamentary election as authorities desperately try to...
US Lets 23andMe Market Genetic Health Risk Reports
US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports...
S.Africa In Dock For Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is...
Soupy Weather Smothers Shanghai Practice
Damp, soupy weather disrupted the Chinese Grand Prix's first free practice on Friday, delaying at least for a few hours...
Nigerians and Eritreans ‘freed From Libya Prison’
Some of the women were on their way to Europe when IS fighters kidnapped and held them as sex slaves Libyan authorities...
Five Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia
No group has said it was behind the abduction yet Armed men have abducted five aid workers from the central Somali town...
S.Africa’s Storied ANC Risks Losing Grip On Power
South Africa's ANC party, the celebrated political force that ended white-minority rule and ushered in democracy, had...
ANC Lawmakers To Oppose Zuma’s No-Confidence Vote
Some key allies of the ANC called for President Jacob Zuma to step down South African MPs from the ruling African...
Cinema Continues In South Sudan Depsite War
The civil war in South Sudan has made life hard for almost everyone - but it hasn't stopped the country's cinephiles...
DR Congo PM ‘steps Down’ As Part of Kabila Deal
Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Samy Badibanga has handed in his resignation as part of a deal brokered by...
Pakistan Hotline Offers Safe Space For Women Harassed Online
When Pakistani social media starlet Qandeel Baloch was found strangled, a crime to which her brother proudly confessed,...