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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Kenya’s Opposition Warns of Protests If General Elections Are Rigged

Kenya’s opposition has warned of mass protests if the upcoming general elections are rigged. The country’s main...

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Israel’s Lieberman Warns Hamas After Flare-Up

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Hamas of a tough response to "provocation", after a...

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Comic-Con Opens In Saudi

Nobody gave Ahmed al-Dainiy a second glance Thursday as he walked among the youthful crowd on the opening day of Saudi...

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Trump Launches Stinging Attack On Media

US President Donald Trump has launched a ferocious attack on the media while defending his record during his first...

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Key Powers Push Syria Truce As Regime, Rebels Make No Progress

Syrian regime and rebel representatives failed Thursday to make any breakthroughs at talks in Kazakhstan, as key...

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Blackberry Sues Nokia In Patent Clash

Blackberry wants Nokia to pay to use some of its data transmission patents Blackberry is suing Nokia over claims that...

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Muslim Miss USA Contestant Walked In Kanye’s Yeezy Show

Four months ago, Halima Aden was just another college student in St. Cloud, Minnesota. But now the teenager, who made...

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Man Jailed For ‘brutal Murder’ of Friend

A man who brutally murdered his friend and left his body tied up under a pile of cushions and rubbish, has been jailed...

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Trump Presses Showdown With Intelligence Agencies

President Donald Trump pressed his attacks on US intelligence agencies Thursday, vowing to catch "low-life leakers"...

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Kutcher Passionately Testifies On His Anti-Sex Trafficking Efforts

No one got "Punk'd" Wednesday morning when Ashton Kutcher came to Capitol Hill. The actor testified Wednesday before...

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Islamic State-Claimed Bomb Kills 70 At Pakistani Shrine

At least 70 people died Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan, police said, in the...

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US Pledges Nuclear Defence For Japan, S.Korea After N.Korea Missile…

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal,...

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Portuguese Prosecutors Charge Angolan VP With Corruption

Portuguese prosecutors on Thursday charged Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente with corruption over allegations he...

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Republicans Seek Probe Into Leaks

Leading Republicans in the US have called for an investigation into leaks that led to the resignation of national...

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Libya Rival Factions Agree To Hold General Elections In 2018

Libya will hold elections in 2018. Conflicting factions in the country agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary...

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Angola VP Manuel Vicente ‘to Face Portugal Corruption Charges’

Portuguese state prosecutors are bringing corruption charges against Angola's vice-president Manuel Vicente. The...

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Tunisia Extends State of Emergency

The state of emergency has been in place since a November 2015 bombing A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia in 2015...

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Renowned Historian Dies

The Ethiopian ministry of foreign affairs has announced the death of the most prominent historian of the country, the...

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Shabaab Claims Attack As New Somali Leader Takes Office

Somalia's Shabaab extremists claimed a mortar strike that left two children dead near the presidential palace Thursday...

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Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply

An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region...