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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.

Ghana battles deadly meningitis outbreak amid shrinking foreign aid and health system struggles

Health & Medicine

A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With understaffed hospitals, dwindling resources and no approved vaccine, authorities are at their wits’ end.

US foreign aid freeze wreaks havoc for HIV treatment in Africa

Health & Medicine

Traders in Ghana face uncertain future after world’s largest secondhand clothing hub razed in fire

Business, Finance & Economics

Cocoa crisis: Ghana’s farmers want next leader to tackle climate change

Environment

Struggling economy and youth unemployment weigh heavily on voters as Ghana heads to the polls

Elections

Out of the closet, out of care: LGBTQ communities in Malawi struggle to access health care

LGBTQ

Around 3.5% of Malawi’s nearly 21 million people who identify as LGBTQ face discrimination when seeking health care, even though the country’s constitution guarantees the right to health for all citizens.

‘We are struggling’: Malawi’s farmers hit hard by fertilizer prices

Business, Economics and Jobs

Malawi is ranked one of the poorest globally, and now, soaring fertilizer costs are crippling farmers and traders, pushing residents into economic hardship.

‘Life after cancer’: Nigerian survivors challenge taboos, push for better health care 

Health & Medicine

In Nigeria, as in many parts of Africa, cancer is a taboo subject. Traditional beliefs can make it challenging to discuss. Medical screening and cancer care are difficult, if not impossible, for everyone to access. But cancer survivors are leading the charge to raise awareness and improve outcomes.

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.

Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy

Business, Finance & Economics

Nigeria has held the position as Africa’s largest economy since 2022. But a recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund predicts that the country may fall to fourth place this year amid fuel scarcity and high inflation.

Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

‘What crime have we committed?’ Ghana’s LGBTQ community braces as anti-LGBTQ bill may turn into law

LGBTQ

Lawmakers in Ghana recently passed a bill that could lead to a severe crackdown on LGBTQ activities that have many people worried. Ghana’s president is under pressure domestically to sign the bill into law, but could face economic consequences if he does.