Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
The WorldRidwan Karim Dini-Osman is a Pulitzer Center grantee and a multiple award-winning development journalist and news anchor based in Ghana. Dini-Osman is a recipient of the 2018 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, a prestigious global award run by the European Commission. In 2020, he was awarded best African TV Journalist in Environmental and Climate Change Reporting by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA).
Dini-Osman is also a 2021 fellow of the University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute Annual Science Immersion Program for Journalists and won the 2021 International Center for Journalists’ Global Health Crisis Award for COVID-19 reporting. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
Young Africans seek to leverage Vice President Harris’ trip to Africa
US Vice President Kamala Harris began her weeklong visit to the African continent this week in Ghana. She plans to focus on youth entrepreneurship, and to make a claim for supporting some African countries, as China and Russia have made diplomatic and financial inroads.
'Red alert for child health': A nationwide vaccine shortage hits Ghana amid measles outbreak
Caregivers in Ghana work to demystify autism and push for inclusion
This orphanage in Ghana provides hope — and acceptance — to children living with HIV
‘This is where I should be’: 1,500 Black Americans make Ghana their new home
West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage COVID-19 vaccination
For much of the pandemic, West African countries have lacked the vaccines needed to protect their populations against COVID-19. Now, supply in the region has finally caught up with demand for the vaccine. Still, too few people are vaccinated.
‘The country is on its knees’: Ghana seeks IMF bailout amid economic woes, teachers’ strike
In a huge reversal for Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo, the government is seeking a loan from the International Monetary Fund to tackle Ghana’s economic woes.
‘At least there is peace here’: Rwandans weigh in on controversial migrant deal with UK
Some Rwandans worry that refugees will find it hard to make a new life in Rwanda where unemployment rates are five times higher than in the United Kingdom.
'Everything is destroyed': Extreme flooding in Ghana tests climate resilience
Accra has been hit with heavy rain and flash flooding in May and June, leaving many experts worried about the city’s capacity for climate resilience if trends continue.
‘Too little too late’: Ghana’s small farmers worry fertilizer aid won’t arrive in time to avert food crisis
The African Development Bank Group has pledged $1.5 billion to tackle a massive fertilizer shortage across the continent, but smallholder farmers in Ghana worry that it may already be too late to avert a food crisis.
Accra’s only surviving greenbelt is under threat. Ghanaians are fighting to protect it.
Leaked government documents suggest a portion of the Achimota Forest Reserve could be rezoned for development, sparking a major outcry among residents and conservationists.
Ghana’s school kids go hungry after caterers quit amid soaring food prices
Many students who rely on the national free lunch program risk going hungry after Ghana’s school caterers went on strike.
As global oil prices surge, some African countries may see a silver lining
Surging oil prices are hurting everyday consumers in Africa, but some oil-producing countries have seen a windfall with higher revenues — boosting investment spending in other areas.
Ghana’s fishermen are drowning in plastic. The govt is trying to tackle pollution before it’s too late.
Ghana is one of a handful of countries to launch a national plastic pollution plan backed by the World Economic Forum and the United Nations Development Program.
Ghana’s fantasy coffins: Fulfilling burial dreams one coffin at a time
In Ghana, coffin makers have elevated death into an art form, building fantasy coffins despite some raised eyebrows at this uncommon profession.