At least 35 people have died after the military junta in Sudan used live rounds to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum. United Nations Secretary General
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed American diplomat James Swan as his special envoy to Somalia. He replaces South African lawyer Nicholas Haysom
The African Union and the United Nations agree that it would be unacceptable to have a military-led transition to democracy following last month’s coup deposing
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
There’s grave concern about escalating conflict in Libya where renegade general Khalifa Haftar has ordered his troops to march on the capital Tripoli. United Nations
African leaders have agreed to step up efforts to end displacement of populations and end the refugee crisis on the continent. Their final statement after
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says a wind of hope is blowing through the Africa. Speaking on the sidelines of the African Union summit
South Africa’s called for an international regulatory framework governing the activities of private military companies. It see a clear link between these companies and the
Somalia’s expelled top UN envoy Nicholas Haysom for asking about the killing of protestors in the country. South African Haysom was legal advisor to the
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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