Thousands of demonstrators have defied a curfew imposed by Sudan’s new military council, continuing their protest for a civilian government. They’re saying yesterday’s coup deposing
Sudan’s national intelligence and state security service says it has freed all political prisoners across the country. This follows the fall of President Omar Al
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have continued their sit-in outside Sudan’s army headquarters, insisting their protest will continue until President Omar Al Bashir leaves office.
The fragile peace in the Central African Republic is unravelling. Less than a month after it was signed, one of the 14 parties has quit
Riots are continuing in Sudan over a government decision to triple the price of bread. At least eight people have died and a police headquarters
The Foreign Ministry in Khartoum’s invited journalists to witness the signing of South Sudan peace deal today. It follows two days of talks in the
Amnesty International says Sudanese authorities must end the continued discrimination of Darfuri students at universities. More than 1 000 students from the troubled Western region
It is one of the great sights on a great continent. In fact, you have not seen Africa until you have seen the confluence of
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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