Articles by Kwame Mensah
Benin Abolishes Short-Stay Visa For Nationals of 31 African Countries
Beninese authorities have abolished the short stay visa for nationals of 31 African countries. The exemption promised...
Six Ivory Coast Journalists Released After Three-Day Detention
Six Ivorian journalists arrested on suspicion of spreading faking news which could incite soldiers to revolt, have been...
As Crisis Swirls, Trump Faces Mounting Pressure In Party
Donald Trump and his White House have come in for intense criticism in the president's dizzying first weeks in office,...
Hole Is Where the Heart Is For Chinese Cave Dwellers
High in the misty hills of southwestern China, an hour's hike from any road, the lowing of livestock echoes through...
Damascus Denies Accusations of Chlorine Use In Aleppo
Syria's government on Wednesday fiercely denied accusations by Human Rights Watch that it used chemical weapons in its...
Manchester City Sign US Women’s Star Carli Lloyd
FIFA Women's Player of the Year Carli Lloyd has joined Manchester City on a short-term contract, the English club...
Iran Leader Rejects Reconciliation With Anti-Regime ‘minority’
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected the possibility of reconciliation with a "minority"...
Long-Awaited Day Out For Kenya’s ‘miracle Twins’
There's a heart-warming story in the Kenyan media this morning about a pair of conjoined twins who were successfully...
Canada Frees Air India Bomber
The only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people is now free, Canada's parole board said...
Hundreds Flee Malian Village After Deadly Clash
Clashes have forced 600 people to flee their homes in central Mali as traditional herding communities battle with...
Kidnapped Ex-Nigerian Spy ‘survived On Cashew Nuts’
A former senior official at Nigeria's intelligence agency, the State Security Service, has been recalling his ordeal...
MSF Urges Aid Access In Yemen
Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated...
Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills Nine
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a Shiite majority neighbourhood of Baghdad on Wednesday,...
Woods Nursing Back Spasms, Advised To Limit Activities
Tiger Woods has been advised to limit his activities as he battles back spasms that have hindered his return to...
New Transparency Law In Malawi
Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has finally signed into law an access to information bill which will allow Malawians...
Egypt Mediates In Libyan Conflict
Rival factions have been fighting for power since the fall of Col Gaddafi's government in 2011 Egyptian negotiators...
Illegal Foreigners Risk Deportation After Swoop By Mauritius Authorities
About 40 illegal foreigners have been arrested in a police operation against illegal foreigners staying on the Indian...
Arsenal Face Bayern At the Allianz Arena
Bayern Munich and Arsenal are facing each other in the Champions League for the fourth time in the last five seasons...
Trump Hits Back At US Media Reports On Russia Contacts
President Donald Trump has lashed out at the US intelligence community and media after new reports of contacts between...
UNICEF Launches $110 Mln Appeal For Sudan Children
The UN children's agency on Wednesday launched a $110 million appeal to help two million acutely malnourished children...