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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Articles by Kwame Mensah

International

Zambia Women’s ‘day Off For Periods’ Sparks Debate

Discussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo in Zambia. This is no doubt why a provision in the...

International

Obama Got Tough On China. It Cost U.S. Jobs and Raised Prices

Protect American jobs by getting tough on China. That's the underlying idea behind President-elect Donald Trump's...

International

Samsung Electronics To Reveal Galaxy Note 7 Probe Results This Month

The world’s top smartphone maker warned of a $5.1 billion hit to its operating profit Samsung Electronics Co Ltd...

International

Ivory Coast Given Financial Boost

Defending champions Ivory Coast have been given extra financial support for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals. The...

International

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Takes Up Challenge To Tour US

Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to spend 2017 touring the US - in the Facebook founder's latest ambitious New...

International

Clintons and Bushes To Attend Ceremony

Bill and Hillary Clinton will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC. George W Bush and...

International

US Administration ‘100% Certain’ About Russian Hacking

The US administration is "is 100% certain in the role that Russia played" in election-related hacking, State Department...

International

Janet Jackson, 50, Gives Birth To A Boy, Eissa Al Mana

Singer Janet Jackson has at the age of 50 given birth to her first child, a baby boy, her publicist has confirmed. A...

International

Gospel Star Defends Homophobic Comments

Gospel singer Kim Burrell has said she makes “no excuses or apologies” for a sermon at a US church where she...

International

Ford Motors Cancels $1.6bn Mexico Plant

Ford has said it will cancel a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it planned to build in Mexico and instead extend operations at...

International

New Republican Congress Reverses Ethics Move After Outcry

Republicans have ditched a plan to gut the independent body that investigates political misconduct after a backlash....

Opinion

New Year Cross-Over Church Services

Black people are the least successful people in the world. According to research, in USA white people are five times...

Opinion

Rawlings’s Next Coup D’état Is Likely To Depose Nketsia Et Al

“Most people are yet to recover from the traumatic shock of the December 7th election results. “But I will have to...

Opinion

A 13-Member Panel To Investigate The Obvious?

That is what dyed-in-the-wool communists do… pretend as if everybody is a nincompoop like themselves, in order to...

International

Investments In Africa’s Transport Infrastructure Begin To Pay Off

African countries were on a drive to boost infrastructure and road networks on the continent in 2016. Ethiopia made...

International

Katumbi Salutes Kabila For Respecting Constitution

Former Governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Katanga province, Moise Katumbi, has spoken over the...

International

Gambia’s Electoral Commission Chief ‘goes Into Hiding’

The Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief has gone into hiding, his family has told the BBC. There are...

International

Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Debut As Celebrity Apprentice Star

Schwarzenegger halted his acting career in 2003 to serve two terms as governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has...

International

Chelsea Fans Guilty Over Paris Metro Racism

Four Chelsea fans accused of aggravated violence against a black man on the Paris Metro have been given suspended...

International

Paul Clement Confirmed As Third Boss of the Season

Paul Clement has been confirmed as head coach of Swansea City. The 44-year-old becomes the Swans' third boss of the...