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.

27296 Articles Joined March 2026

Articles by Kwame Mensah

International

Gambia, Trump Inauguration, Etc.

Watch a livestream of happenings in The Gambia as the country's leader Yahya Jammeh refuses to cede power to the newly...

International

ECOWAS Must Consider Religious Leaders In Gambia Impasse – WANEP

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has said mediators working to get Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power to...

International

Tullow Strikes Oil In Erut-1 Kenya Well

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that the Erut-1 well in Block 13T, Northern Kenya, has discovered a gross oil...

International

7000 ECOWAS Joint Troops Halted For Conclusive Intervention Talks In The Gambia

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has halted a joint military operation on Thursday for final...

International

The 11 Best Joe Biden Memes As America Says Bye To Its Uncle-In-Chief

It's a rough time out there for Joe Biden fans, okay? They're about to see their favorite Uncle-in-Chief shuffle out of...

International

Pro-LGBT Rights Protesters Dance To Mike Pence’s Home

About 200 protesters marched to Vice President-elect Mike Pence's neighborhood, turned up the music and started a dance...

International

Paramount Pictures In $1bn Deal With China Film Companies

Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures will receive a $1 billion cash investment from two Chinese film companies, Shanghai...

International

Cuba Gooding Jr. Files For Divorce After 22 Years of Marriage

Cuba Gooding Jr. is putting an end to his Hollywood marriage. E! News can confirm the The People v. O. J. Simpson star...

International

Uber To Pay $20m To ‘misled’ Drivers

Between January and March 2015, ride-sharing service Uber put out ads on Craigslist in the hope of attracting new...

International

China Economy Grows 6.7% In 2016

China's economy grew by 6.7% in 2016, compared with 6.9% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in more than a...

International

Executive Actions Ready To Go As Trump Prepares To Take Office

Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening...

Politics

Senegal Qualifies To Quarters As Favourite Algeria Crumbles

Senegal became the first team to book a place in the quarterfinal of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations after beating...

Opinion

The Conspiracies Of Election 2016

The aftermath of election 2016 and developments flowing from President Akufo Addo’s victory in the elections have...

Opinion

Zongo Development

Having had a lot of exposure in some wow Zongos (Alabar, Yalwa, Bisa kan Tudu, Asawasi all of Kumasi) in my formative...

Opinion

The Issue Is Not Even About Free Education Per Se, Pres. Akufo-Addo! 1

“In problem-solving education, people develop their power to perceive critically the way they exist in the world with...

Politics

Chief Wears 400-Year-Old Regalia To Asantehemaa’s Funeral

Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, the reigning Akwamuhene was in Manhyia on Wednesday as part of the funeral rites for the late...

International

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Sues Hundreds of Hawaiians To Force Property Sales To Him

Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly is suing hundreds of Hawaiians to compel them to sell the billionaire...

International

Swearing-In Ceremony of Adama Barrow, President Elect of The Gambia

Adama Barrow who won The Gambia's election is being sworn in as president at the country's embassy in neighbouring...

Politics

Man United Top Football Rich List Worldwide

Manchester United generated the most revenue of any football club in the world last season, according to a report...

Opinion

Permission To Plagiarize

A lot was said about Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the fourth Republic, fifth President of Ghana when he gave his...