Articles by Kwame Mensah
Netanyahu Vows To Move Ahead On New Settlement Plan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday to move ahead on a plan to create Israel's first new settlement in the...
Qatar Airways To Offer Free Laptops On US Flights
Qatar Airways said on Thursday it will offer free laptops to business class passengers flying to the United States, in...
DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows
The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph...
Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...
Syria Refugee Total Hits Over Five Million
More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community...
US Growth Revised Higher For End of 2016
The US economy grew slightly faster in the last three months of 2016 than originally reported, but still experienced a...
US Jobless Claims Slip In Late March
New claims for jobless benefits edged down in late March, continuing a record streak of low levels, the Labor...
S.Africa’s Zuma Plots Explosive Sacking of Minister
A plan by South African President Jacob Zuma to sack his respected finance minister threatened Thursday to split the...
Tillerson Says Assad’s Long-Term Status Up To Syrian People
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was up to the...
North Carolina ‘bathroom’ Law
A late-night deal has been reached in North Carolina to repeal a controversial law that limits protections for lesbian,...
American Airlines Pilot Dies On Dallas-Albuquerque Flight
The airline have named the pilot as first officer William "Mike" Grubbs A pilot died on Wednesday during a flight from...
Insurer Lloyd’s of London Confirms New Brussels Subsidiary
Lloyd's of London says it will establish a new European subsidiary in Brussels to avoid losing business when the UK...
Four People Arrested Over Plot To Blow Up Venice’s Rialto Bridge
Three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor have been arrested in Venice on suspicion of plotting to blow up the...
Jewish Teen Arrested For US Bomb Threats ‘has Tumour’
An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats that led to concern and a backlash...
Famine-Hit South Sudan Needs ‘humanitarian Corridors’
Children have been affected by malnutrition in South Sudan The main South Sudanese rebel group, SPLM-In Opposition, is...
Kim Jong-Nam’s Body To Be Released To North Korea
Mr Kim was murdered at Kuala Lumpur airport with a lethal nerve agent last month. Malaysia has said it will release the...
The Curious Case of Kenya’s Missing Education Ceritificate
Mr Joho is seeking reelection as governor of the coastal city of Mombasa There is a whirl of activity online at the...
Canine Fashion In China Now Worth GBP13 Billion
Walking around Shanghai it appears that the city's sidewalks have turned into a catwalk for dogs. Chinese animal owners...
China’s Xinjiang Cracks Down On Muslim Practices In…
China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter...
Morocco Hosts Month-Long African Art Festival
Morocco is hosting a month-long festival to celebrate African art and culture, featuring some of the continent's most...