The Nigerian army says it’s regained control of the northern town of Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists seven
Nigeria’s slammed the United States for refusing to sell it the weapons needed to defeat Boko Haram militants. Washington’s banned arms sales to Nigeria because
Terror group Boko Haram being blamed for the bomb that’s killed 47 at a boys high school in northern Nigeris. A suicide bomber disguised as
A suicide bomber’s killed himself and 32 people in a Muslim religious procession in northeast Nigeria. In a separate development, gunmen attacked a prison in
Nigeria’s government says it’s still in talks with terror group Boko Haram. This a fortnight after a wave of attacks and kidnappings by the Islamist
Telecoms giant MTN is in the firing line in a row between Nigeria and South Africa over a blocked arms deal. President Goodluck Jonathan’s approached
Nigerian terror group Boko Haram’s released a video of the beheading of a man who identifies himself as the pilot of a missing Nigerian Air
Nigerian military authorities have denied that hundreds of their soldiers have fled into neighbouring Cameroon for fear of an attack by Boko Haram militants. They
Six years into his presidency the man dubbed America’s first African president has promised to step up military support for fighting Islamist militants and keeping
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will do everything possible to secure the release of 217 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist terrorists 100 days ago.
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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