There has been universal condemnation of the mutiny that became a coup in Mali – as there should be. From the United Nations Security Council
Mali, where President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been unseated in an apparent military coup, has always been a country posing more questions than offering solutions.
A distinction it probably could do without is the recognition that the Economic Community of West African State’s is the regional grouping most proficient in
Mali’s parliamentary elections have been marred by vote rigging intimidation and a poor turnout. The violence-wracked West African state gambled on holding the poll during
Fear of militant groups and COVID19 kept Malians away from the polls in yesterday’s long-delayed parliamentary elections. Voting began after the country announced its first
France and announced a high-tech anti-insurengecy operation in Mali has killed 40 Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliated jihadis. In two-phases the operation known as
At least 24 members of the Malian security forces were killed and 29 wounded in a predawn attack by jihadis on motorcycles. France’s Armed Forces
President Emmanuel Macron says France will bolster support for the countries fighting Islamist terrorism in the Sahel. He was speaking at a summit in Pau
Mali’s presidency has dismissed as an unfortunate mistake an expletive-laden attack on US President Donald Trump under the handle of the West African state’s leader.
A roadside bomb planted in central Mali has led to the deaths five soldiers. Some were on the refueling truck blown up by the device
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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