Back home from my seventh visit to Algeria, I’m delighted at having witnessed that country’s transition from a regional trouble spot into a world class
Algerian authorities have doubled the jail sentence of a protest leader on the eve of his release. They say Karim Tabbou will face another trial
Algerian health authorities have approved the use of a familiar albeit outdate anti-malarial drug for treating certain cases of COVID 19. Chloroquine was praised as
Algeria has more than doubled the number of coronavirus patients it’s treating. It has reported nine cases, bringing the number to 17. Sixteen of these
The World Health Organization is deploying experts to Algeria that has confirmed the first case of COVID19 within its borders. Earlier this week the UN
Human rights groups want ousted Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir extradited to The Hague as quickly as possible to stand trial on charges of genocide
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says there’s no military solution to Libya’s problems. He’s speaking in Algiers where he’s visiting with a strong business delegation.
Algerian military strongman Ahmed Gaid Salah has died aged 79. The general will be best remembered for telling veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika he had to
Former Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been sworn in as the country’s new President. The ceremony took place with youthful protestors, who have rejected
Algeria has a new president. Its independe dent electoral commission says former Prime Minister Abdelmajid Tebboune won 58% of yesterday’s vote. Protestors who forced former
Jean-Jacques Cornish is a journalist and broadcaster who has been involved in the media all his adult life.
Starting as a reporter on his hometown newspaper, he moved briefly to then Rhodesia before returning to South Africa to become a parliamentary correspondent with the South African Press Association. He was sent to London as Sapa’s London editor and also served as special correspondent to the United Nations. He joined the then Argus group in London as political correspondent.
Returning to South Africa after 12 years abroad, he was assistant editor on the Pretoria News for a decade before becoming editor of the Star and SA Times for five years.
Since 1999 he’s been an independent journalist writing and broadcasting – mainly about Africa – for Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk, Radio France International, PressTV, Radio Live New Zealand, Business Day, Mail & Guardian, the BBC, Agence France Press, Business in Africa, Leadership, India Today, the South African Institute for International Affairs and the Institute for Security Studies.
He has hosted current affairs talk shows on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk. He appears as an African affairs pundit on SABC Africa and CNBC Africa.
He lectured in contemporary studies to journalism students at the Tshwane University of Technology and the University of Pretoria.
He speaks on African affairs to corporate and other audiences.
He has been officially invited as a journalist to more than 30 countries. He was the winner of the 2007 SADC award for radio journalism.
He’s been a member of the EISA team observing elections in Somaliland, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Tunsiai.
In October 2009 he headed a group of 39 African journalists to the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Peoples’ Republic of China.
In January 2010 he joined a rescue and paramedical team to earthquake struck Haiti.
He is immediate past president of the Alliance Francaise of Pretoria.
Jean-Jacques is a director of Giant Media. The company was given access to Nelson Mandela in his retirement years until 2009.
He is co-producer of the hour-long documentary Mandela at 90 that was broadcast on BBC in January 2009.
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