Articles by Kwame Mensah
Boko Haram Executes Eight For Defying ‘Sharia Police’
Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form...
Mosul’s Once-Thriving Old City Now A Grey Wasteland
Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding...
Syria Monitor Says IS Chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Dead
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had information from top Islamic State group...
Gaza May Already Be ‘unlivable’
The Gaza Strip may already be "unlivable", a United Nations official warned Tuesday, after a decade of Hamas rule and a...
South Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
A Korean-Nigerian teenager who is rising through the ranks of the fashion world as South Korea's first black model is...
UN Urges Aid To Avert Cholera-Induced Famine In Yemen
International donors must step up to prevent a cholera epidemic in war-torn Yemen from producing full-blown famine...
Up To 50,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqa
Up to 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian jihadist stronghold of Raqa, the UN said Tuesday, warning that...
Bangladesh Opener Tamim Leaves Essex After One Game
Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has left English county Essex after just one match for personal reasons, the...
Singapore’s Temasek Portfolio Jumps To Record $198bn
Singapore state investment giant Temasek Holdings' global portfolio has netted a record high valuation, the fund said...
Sri Lanka Take Flak After ‘disgraceful’ Cricket Defeat
Sri Lanka's cricketers faced a barrage of criticism Tuesday a day after their series loss to bottom-ranked Zimbabwe in...
Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders
Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...
Tillerson In Qatar As Leaks Spark Fresh Gulf Tension
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks on the Gulf diplomatic crisis as leaks of secret...
Belgian Ban On Wearing Full-Face Veils In Public Is Legal
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public. The court...
Indian Sprinter Ready To Fight Gender Rule Again
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand vowed Tuesday to fight any efforts to bar her from the sport, after new research showed...
UN Rights Chief Urges Justice and Healing After Mosul
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for accountability and dialogue to heal the trauma of Mosul after...
Thai Seafood Giant Commits To Major Fishing Reforms
Thai Union, one of the world's largest seafood conglomerates, said Tuesday it will overhaul its fishing practices to...
Trump To Nominate Financier To Role of Banking Regulator
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Randal Quarles, a former Treasury Department official, to a role as the...
Rebels Say They Shot Down Syria Warplane Near Ceasefire Zone
Rebel groups shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday near a ceasefire zone in the country's south, the...
Chinese Doctors Scramble To ‘rescue’ Ailing Nobel Laureate
A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it was still scrambling to save terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, fuelling...
South Africa’s ANC Ally Bars Zuma From Its Congress
South Africa's Communist Party, a key ally of the ruling ANC, has banned President Jacob Zuma from addressing its...