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Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman

The World
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman is a multiple Pulitzer Center grantee, and award-winning reporter and news presenter based in Ghana.Dini-Osman has reported from diverse regions including India, Rwanda, Malawi, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, with a focus on global health inequities, social justice and sustainable development.He is a seven-time recipient of Ghana’s National Journalism Award. In 2018, he won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize from the European Commission, and in 2021, the International Center for Journalists’ Global Health Crisis Award for COVID-19 reporting.In 2022, Ridwan received the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications from the US National Academies. In 2024, he was honored with the Covering Climate Now Journalism Award and named a United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Fellow, spending three months at the UN headquarters in New York.Ridwan’s work shines a light on underreported issues, aiming to raise awareness and drive change through rigorous, ethical and empathetic storytelling. He has investigated discrimination against minority groups in health care, the social and environmental impacts of climate change and the inequitable global distribution of life-saving medications, such as vaccines, HIV drugs and cancer treatments.
Detty December is Ghana’s global party
5:27
Ghana’s fantasy coffins
5:51
Environment
Ghanaian initiative turns plastic waste into school desks
6:49
Plastic pollution plagues Ghana, and some are testing out solutions
6:49
Health & Medicine
Ghana approves breakthrough malaria drug for babies — but research is ‘on ice’ amid US funding cuts
8:19
Shrinking US aid affects malaria treatment and prevention in Ghana
8:19
Ghana’s cocoa farmers look for government help as yields decrease
6:18
Health & Medicine
Ghana battles deadly meningitis outbreak amid shrinking foreign aid and health system struggles
8:16
Meningitis outbreak outpaces vaccines
8:16
Health & Medicine
US foreign aid freeze wreaks havoc for HIV treatment in Africa
5:49
US foreign aid freeze wreaks havoc for HIV treatment in Africa
5:49
Business, Finance & Economics
Traders in Ghana face uncertain future after world’s largest secondhand clothing hub razed in fire
7:54
Rebuilding after a fire in Ghana’s used clothing market
7:54
Detty December is Ghana’s global party
5:30
Ghana’s supreme court defers action on anti-LGBTQ bill
4:31
Ghana’s former president returns to power
4:43
Environment
Cocoa crisis: Ghana’s farmers want next leader to tackle climate change
6:56
Ghana’s cocoa farmers look for government help as yields decrease
6:56
Elections
Struggling economy and youth unemployment weigh heavily on voters as Ghana heads to the polls
7:28
Young entrepreneurs in Ghana look for new economic policies from presidential candidates
7:28
American clunkers end up in African car lots
6:18
LGBTQ
Out of the closet, out of care: LGBTQ communities in Malawi struggle to access health care
8:26
Discrimination against LGBTQ communities in Malawi limits access to health care
8:26
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘We are struggling’: Malawi’s farmers hit hard by fertilizer prices
4:26
Fertilizer shortage hits Malawi’s economy hard
4:26
Nigerians working to change the conversation about cancer
7:25
Health & Medicine
‘Life after cancer’: Nigerian survivors challenge taboos, push for better health care 
7:25
Nigeria’s poor bear the brunt of faltering economy
5:00
Fuels are not just for transportation in Nigeria, many people also use fuel to power their generators in order to get electricity at home and also run their businesses.
Business, Finance & Economics
Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy
5:00
Ghana’s president waits to sign anti-LGBTQ bill into law
Air quality in parts of West Africa has suddenly worsened
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS
Catholics in Ghana push back against the Pope
Ghanaians concerned about possible fossil fuel reduction requirements from COP28
American clunkers end up in African car lots
Sierra Leone election: Long-time political rivals in showdown for the presidency
Trash sorters in Ghana face health risks
Polluting cars from the US often end up in Africa and Latin America
As Uganda passes strict anti-gay law, Ghana and others look to follow suit
Vice President Kamala Harris begins weeklong visit to Africa
Childhood vaccine shortage in Ghana
In Ghana, kids with special needs still face stigma
Pastor in Ghana builds a home for those orphaned by AIDS
Queen Elizabeth II’s legacies in Ghana 
1,500 African Americans take up Ghana’s call to ‘return’
West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage vaccination
Vaccine supply has improved in West Africa, but vaccination rates remain low.
Ghana teacher strikes and the IMF