Police in Chad are investigating the deaths in detention of 44 Boko Haram suspects. The alleged jihadis were captured in a military operation on Lake
Chadian soldiers have killed at least 1 000 Boko Haram jihadists in a six-day operation. They say they’ve driven the Islamist terrorist off their hideouts
At least 50 people have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists on an island bordering Chad and Cameroon. The jihadis approached the fishing village disguised
The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for a radical change of approach towards the strip of land between the Sahara and North
President Donald Trump is sending his Secretary of State this week to the continent he has either ignored or rubbished. Rex Tillerson will visit five
Interpol raids across north and west Africa have rescued 500 victims of human trafficking and netted 40 suspects who will be brought to court. The
Central and West African countries have breathed new life into a decades-old dream of enables visa-free travel between their citizens. A summit in Chad’s capital
Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected African Union Commission head, succeeding Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Mahamt beat off four other candidates, three of them. like
French troops serving in Africa have been warned to expect a long war against the jihadis. It’s underlined support against Islamists in five countries On
Governments and human rights groups have welcomed the conviction of former Chad ruler Hissene Habre and the life sentence imposed on him for crimes against
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.
Web design by Web Guys