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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Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20

For a moment Saturday the United States was represented by another Trump on the world stage, when the president's...

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Stormy G20 Ends With Opt-Outs For Trump On Climate, Trade

World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious...

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G20 Launches Plan To Fight Poverty In Africa

G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa,...

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Erdogan Warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey’s Right To Defence

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and...

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Lukaku Arrested After Rowdy Party In Beverly Hills

Manchester United-bound striker Romelu Lukaku is likely to have to spend a fraction of his extravagant salary on...

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US Envoy Haley Says Trump Confronted Putin Head-On Over Meddling

The US ambassador to the United Nations insisted Saturday that President Donald Trump had confronted Russian...

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Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’

Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State...

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Pakistan’s Yasir To Face Afghanistan Cricket Team At Lord’s

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah will complete an impressive international line-up when MCC face Afghanistan in the new...

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IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul

A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...

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Power Hit In Hamas-Run Gaza As Rivals ‘stop’ Payments

Power supplies haven taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival...

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Israel Envoy Urges Hungary To Halt Anti-Soros Campaign

Israel's ambassador in Budapest called on Hungary on Saturday to halt a nationwide poster campaign targeting US...

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Martial Arts Expert Clinches Mongolian Presidential Election

A brash businessman with martial arts skills clinched Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election Saturday after...

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UK Foreign Minister Urges Arab States To End Qatar Boycott

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds...

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Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai

Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive...

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35 Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libya

Thirty-five migrants, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank on Saturday off...

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England See Off Dangerman de Kock In First Test

Quinton de Kock made a superb counter-attacking fifty only to fall shortly before lunch on Saturday's third day at...

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Separatists Say One Killed Amid Violence In India’s Darjeeling

Fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling Saturday after a separatist group accused police of killing a supporter, prompting...

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Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead

US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was...

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German, US Doctors Visit Ill Chinese Nobel Winner

China has faced international pressure to let Liu Xiaobo (L) travel abroad to get treatment since he was transferred...

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Bangladesh Police Arrest Top Militant Over Cafe Attack

Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant over last year's deadly Dhaka cafe siege, officials said Saturday,...