The army generals who led a rebellion in Burundi have been arrested. They admit the coup mounted against President Pierre Nkurunziza while he was attending
Fear and uncertainty have replaced yesterday’s celebrations in Burundi following the reported overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunziza. He’s been stopped from returning from a summit
Rival bands of soldiers are fighting in the streets of Bujumbura after President Pierre Nkurunziza was prevented from returning home from a regional summit called to
Heavy gunfire in Burundi punctuates the battle for power a day after a general claimed he’s ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza. The army chief says the
Heavy gunfire continues to ring out on the streets of Bujumbura as dissident soldiers seek to wrest control from loyalists to ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Burundi’s state radio says its been taken off air and is under heavy attack by army units who claim to have ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has tried and failed to go home after an army general announced his ouster. He’s returned to Tanzania where he was
Rival army units are having at each other in the Burundian capital Bujumbura after a general announced that President Pierre Nkurnziza, who’s out of the
A full-on military coup appears to be playing out in Burundi. The military says President Pierre Nkurunziza, who’s attending a regional summit in Tanzania on
Crowds have poured onto the streets in the Burundian capital Bujumbura after an army general went on radio to announce President Pierre Nkurunziza has been
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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