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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BCCI Announces Windfall For Contracted Indian Cricket Players

The Indian cricket board Wednesday doubled the salaries of its contracted players while retaining former skipper...

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Trump Says Briefed On Incident In London

US President Donald Trump was briefed on events in London outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, after reports...

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UBS Charges Customers To Deposit Euros

The annual 0.6% charge will take affect from May. Swiss bank UBS will start charging customers who deposit more than a...

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NGOs Demand Access As Yemen Suffers ‘open-Air Massacre’

Humanitarian groups on Wednesday demanded access to civilians on the brink of famine in Yemen, describing the two-year...

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London Taxi Company’s New Ansty Park Plant Opens In Coventry

A black cab manufacturer that was "on its knees" five years ago is officially opening a new £300m plant, creating more...

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French Police Detain Six Grenoble Rugby Players Following Rape Claim

Six Grenoble rugby players including two Irishmen, two New Zealanders and an Australian, were detained Wednesday...

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Zimbabwe Opposition Call For ‘biased’ Electoral Body To Be Scrapped

A coalition of Zimbabwean opposition parties on Wednesday staged a protest ahead of next year's polls, demanding the...

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Beatlemania Blooms Belatedly In Cuba

While their American and European peers twisted and shouted to The Beatles in the 1960s, in Cuba childhood sweethearts...

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US Teen’s Gang Rape Streamed Live On Facebook

Chicago police on Wednesday were looking for up to six suspects who allegedly raped a teenage girl and broadcast the...

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‘Matter of Time’ Before IS Leader Baghdadi Killed

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death is...

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US Existing Home Sales Slow In February

Amid rising prices and slim inventory, sales of existing homes slowed in February, cooling from January's record pace...

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Trump Wishes Iranians Happy New Year

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued belated best wishes to those celebrating the Persian New Year. In a...

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Indian ‘murders Daughter In Suspected Honour’ Killing

An Indian father slit his daughter's throat with a meat cleaver and dumped her body on her boyfriend's doorstep in a...

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Reports of Shots Outside UK Parliament

There are reports of shots being fired outside the Houses of Parliament and the Palace of Westminster is reportedly in...

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Russian Singer Samoilova Barred From Contest

Julia Samoilova was banned from entering Ukraine for three years because of her "illegal" visit , the Ukrainian SBU...

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Senegal Religious TV Channel Broadcasts Porn Film

Touba TV inadvertently aired the explicit content in the middle of the afternoon yesterday A religious TV channel in...

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Erdogan Warns Europeans ‘will Not Walk Safely’ On the Streets

Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan has issued a chilling warning that Europeans 'will not walk safely on the streets' as...

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Singapore Court Denies Full Compensation To Woman In IVF Mix-Up

A Singaporean woman inseminated with a stranger's sperm in a startling in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) mistake cannot be...

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Chuck Berry In Rock ‘n’ Roll Style In Posthumous Song

Days after he died at age 90, a new song came out Wednesday from Chuck Berry driven by the sort of rollicking guitar...

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Ex-WWE Wrestlers To Brawl In Pakistan As Security Improves

More than two dozen pro wrestlers will be ready to rumble in Pakistan this summer as security improves, including...