Articles by Kwame Mensah
Some Promises Kept But Tired Old Words Are Not Enough
If Gianni Infantino should be upset at scepticism enshrouding his first year as FIFA president then he need only delve...
Trump’s Trade Czar Expected To Get Easy U.S. Senate Confirmation
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is expected to be easily confirmed as U. S. Commerce Secretary on Monday, clearing...
Tanzania Backs Out of Plan To Publish ‘list of Gays’
Tanzania on Monday backed out of its plan to publish a list of names of gay people accused of selling sex online,...
Springbok International Reinach Signs For Northampton
South Africa international scrum-half Cobus Reinach signed for English Premiership side Northampton Saints on Monday...
‘Box-Office’ Stokes Deserves IPL Windfall
Ian Botham says "box-office" Ben Stokes deserves every penny of the more than £1.7 million ($2.1mn) that the England...
Gambia’s Barrow Replaces Armed Forces Chief
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has fired the head of the armed forces, General Ousman Badjie, a former loyalist of the...
Toulon To Suspend O’Connor Over Paris Cocaine Bust
Toulon will suspend Australian international James O'Connor after Paris police charged him with possession of cocaine,...
Opposition Seeks Russian Support At Syria Talks
Syria's opposition on Monday urged Russia, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, to put pressure on Damascus to help...
Uproar In Nigeria Over Federation Boss’ CAF Pick
The head of Nigerian football's governing body is at loggerheads with his executive committee after he endorsed...
Yemen Faces ‘serious Risk of Famine’
UN humanitarian aid chief Stephen O'Brien warned Monday in Yemen that the war-torn and impoverished country faces...
World’s Most Threatening Superbugs Ranked In New List
The World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the drug-resistant bacteria that pose the biggest threat to human...
Israel To Destroy 9 Illegal West Bank Settler Homes
Israeli forces were set Monday to evacuate and demolish nine settler homes built on private Palestinian land, after the...
‘Hundreds’ of US Jewish Graves Attacked In Philadelphia
Police are searching for the vandals that damaged what one local rabbi said was nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish...
S. Africa Rhino Poaching Dipped In 2016, Stays Above 1,000
Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment...
Israeli Gets 11 Years For Stabbing Jew He Mistook For Arab
An Israeli Jew was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday for stabbing another Jew he thought was an Arab in a...
Kenya To Pull Government Adverts In Private Media
Kenya will ban government adverts in private media, according to a leaked memo seen by AFP on Monday, as the presidency...
Herath To Lead Sri Lanka Against Bangladesh
Sri Lanka on Monday named Rangana Herath as skipper to replace Angelo Mathews who was dropped from next week's two-Test...
Insurance Premiums Set To Soar After Compensation Changes
Average car insurance premiums could increase by up to £75 a year as a result of a government ruling, industry experts...
Waldorf Astoria, Legendary New York Hotel, Closes For Facelift
It's goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to "The Towers" at the Waldorf...
Buhari Has Not Disappointed Me
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has extolled the current Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, saying the...