An Egyptian court’s ruled ousted former President Mohamed Moursi must undergo a medical examination after complaining about prison food. Moursi, who is diabetic, says the
Egyptians have broken out the bunting and declared a national holiday for today’s official opening of the Suez Canal mega project that they’ve dubbed
In a ceremony that was as much a show of force as national pride, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi has opened the new Suez
By Jean-Jacques Cornish Since the dawn of history, Egyptians have been making huge political statements by building symbolic structures. The giant pyramids of Giza and
No fewer than six dredging companies – four of them European – were contracted to dig the second Suez Canal out of the desert. The
Egypt’s newly-acquired military hardware will play a starring role in today’s opening of the Second Suez Canal. The invited kings, presidents and international VIPs will
President Barak Obama was given a standing ovation at the African Union in Addis Ababa today where he announced a raft of new projects the
In the African Union’s year of the woman, US President Barak Obama hit the note when he addresses the continental body in Addis Ababa .
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President Jacob Zuma has been called to press Egyptian authorities to release a 64-year-old dual South African Egyptian national they’ve been holding since last December.
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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