The death toll from the airstrike on a migrant detention centre in Libya has risen to 53. Six children are among the victims of the
Militia fighting for Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar are blamed for killing 40 migrants in a detention centre near Tripoli. The rebel Libyan National Army denies
Libyan rebels has released six abducted Turkish sailors who’ve returned to their ship. The follows a threat by the Turkish security forces to attack the
Human rights groups are suing the French government to stop it giving boats to the Libyan coastguard. They argue that making the donation violates Europe’s
Buoyed by newfound support from President Donald Trump, Libyan rebels advancing on their capital have redoubled their airstrikes. It is not immediately clear if they
Thousands have taken to the streets of Tripoli protesting US President Donald Trump’s support for the rebel leader attacking the Libyan capital. Trump’s about-turn flied
Four European countries have agreed to take in 67 migrants who’ve been stranded aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean for two weeks. Maltese naval
An American citizen is responsible for directing the attack on Tripoli that’s driven Libya to the brink of civil war. Khalifa Haftar, ordered his troops
European Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels are seeking ways to end renewed fighting in Libya where the death toll approaches 50 since the weekend. UN
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ordered Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar to end his advance on the capital Tripoli. At least 21 people have
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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