Articles by Kwame Mensah
Thai Junta Urged To Drop Case Against Torture Activists
Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report...
A Boost For Nollywood With ‘The Wedding Party’ Success
Nollywood film "The Wedding Party" has shown Nigerian cinema at the top of its game, with its success at the box office...
Pence Defends Trump’s Media Attacks During Brussels Trip
US Vice President Mike Pence backed up President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the news media, vowing Monday that he...
Malawi Albino Attack Survivor
Femi Achulani survived an attempted kidnapping in Malawi by people wanting to kill her for her body parts. In Malawi,...
Blockbuster Cousins To Pelicans Deal Made Official
Star center DeMarcus Cousins was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday in a...
HSBC Says Net Profit Dived 82% To $2.48 Bn Last Year
HSBC said Tuesday that net profit fell 82 percent in 2016, calling it a period remembered for its "largely unexpected...
Sri Lankan ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Takes Snowboarding Plunge
Following in the traditions of plucky triers such as Jamaica's bobsledders and British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle'...
Singapore ‘fire Rainbow’ Cloud Phenomenon Lights Up Sky
'It started as a small orange circle and then grew bigger and bigger till all the colours came out' A rare cloud...
Australia Renew Rivalry With Cricket Top Dogs India
Steve Smith's Australia have the chance of halting India's Test juggernaut in a series between the world's top two...
Five Killed As Aircraft Hits Shopping Centre
Five people have died after a light plane crashed into a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia. The charter flight...
At Least 11 US Jewish Centers Get Bomb Threats
Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the...
Lu, Edmund Among Winners In ATP Delray Beach Openers
British eighth seed Kyle Edmund and Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun booked a second-round matchup on Monday at the ATP Delray...
Armed Guards At Kim Morgue, Reports Say Son Arrives For Body
Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated...
Kim Killing One Week On
A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer...
Governments ‘must Address Corruption To Defeat IS’, Says Report
So-called Islamic State (IS) will never be defeated unless the corrupt conditions that help it to thrive are addressed,...
Five Dead As Plane Crashes Into Melbourne Shopping Centre
A light aircraft exploded Tuesday in a "massive fireball" with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as...
Taiwan ‘White Terror’ Brought Back To Life For Gamers
As the 70th anniversary of a bloody political purge in Taiwan looms, a new horror video game set during the island's...
Uber Hires Ex-U.S. Attorney General Holder To Probe Sexual Harassment
Uber Technologies Inc has hired former U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of sexual harassment...
‘He’s the Best Coach In the World’
Pep Guardiola has hailed Marcelo Bielsa as the best coach in the world after it was confirmed the influential tactician...
Kim Dotcom Legal Saga Far From Over, Lawyer Says
Kim Dotcom's marathon extradition battle will run for at least another year, despite a New Zealand court ruling that he...