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

Church Gets the Deal Done! Kabila To Go After 2017 Polls

President Kabila will be unable to change the country’s constitution to extend his mandate for a third term. He will...

International

Zsa Zsa Gabor Laid To Rest In Intimate Beverly Hills Funeral

Surrounded by her close family and friends, Hollywood icon Zsa Zsa Gabor was remembered at an intimate funeral service...

Opinion

President Mahama Is Casting A Poor Nature For Himself

Just as the constitution of the land does not prevent anyone from marrying a close relative, so as the constitution...

Opinion

Much Ado About Gbese

The ceremonial marginalization of our traditional rulers, or perhaps I should more appropriately say that the effective...

Opinion

An Open Letter To The President Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Congratulations Mr. President Elect on your election. In few days to come, you will be sworn in as the 5th President of...

Opinion

African Religion Evils

I am seeking answers to these EVILS OF (the African) RELIGION. For a truth advocate touting that "It is Africa's time...

Opinion

Most Foreign Awards Are Bribes To Drain Africans Economy

So every country manipulates their currencies either by easing and tightening interest rates or using stimulus to boast...

Politics

St Augustine’s Headmaster Reinstated

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated Joseph Connel as the headmaster of St Augustine’s College. Mr....

Opinion

We Are Not Fools, Mahama Ayariga!

The first news report had the Environment, Science And Technology Minister defending allegations that he had signed a...

Opinion

Let’s Join Hands With the Hero!, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings.

"I am asking for nothing less than a revolution- a revolution that would transform the socio-economic structures of the...

Opinion

There Is Power In Thinking

When In the late 15 hundreds the Portuguese landed in West-Africa as the first ever recorded foreigners with their...

Opinion

Lack Of Proper Communication, A Lot More Have Contributed To NDC Defeat, Mr. Narteh!

..un tal Narteh, a panelist on foreign tv programme, l guess, has observed that, when he was in Ghana, some time back,...

Opinion

Assembly Member’s Deserves Monthly Salary

In all sincerity and humility, the recent Presidential emoluments committee Chaired by Prof. Dora Francisca...

Opinion

The Population That Gets Experts Cracked

Odimegwu Onwumere writes that health challenges among Nigerians are increasing as the growth in population is...

Opinion

Grammar And Semantics

Introduction The word "body politic" is, undeniably, among the active vocabulary of many politicians in Ghana....

Opinion

Of Donald Trump, Lagos State And Russia

Donald Trump President Elect of the United States, the worlds richest country and Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos,...

Opinion

Mahama Is A Good Man; What Does It Mean?

Democracy is not a garden of roses. Neither is it for the faint hearted. It is a very difficult contact sport; and, as...

Opinion

STOP Tullow NOW! Do Not Sign Pending Corrupt Contracts—Part II

The insults rained on us as a result of the previous exposé on the alleged modus operandi of Tullow in Ghana were...

Politics

No Sitting Allowance Paid To Transition Team – Gov’t Discredits NPP’s Claim

Government has denied paying sitting allowances to any member of the transition teams, which are working to ensure...

Politics

India Opens First School For Transgender Pupils

A residential school for transgender people has been opened in the Indian city of Kochi, to help adults who dropped out...