
First case of COVID 19 recorded in EBOLA-hit region of Congo
A confirmed case of COVID 19 has been registered in the eastern Congolese capital Goma. The region is within weeks of declaring itself EBOLA free
A confirmed case of COVID 19 has been registered in the eastern Congolese capital Goma. The region is within weeks of declaring itself EBOLA free
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he’s agreed with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to strengthen the capacity of the UN peacekeeping
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the regional groupie SADC appear to have jumped the gun congratulating Felix Tshisekedi as president-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
There are fears of deadly clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo because of the delay in releasing results from the Presidential election a week
Congolese authorities have ordered telecoms providers to cut off the internet to main centre of the country as votes are counted after Sunday’s Presidential election.
President Joseph Kabila says he’s confident today’s elections to replace him as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be free and fair. The
An Antonov troops transporter’s crashed in the Eastern Congolese city of Beni, wounding 15 people on board. Last Thursday an Antonov cargo transporter crashed in
Angry opposition supporters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken to the streets protesting against the seven-day delay in holding the country’s presidential election.
The World Health Organization Emergency Committee has decided that a public health emergency of international concern should not be declared regarding the latest Ebola outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila’s made a dramatic conservationist gesture as he prepares to standing down in elections ten weeks off. He’s set
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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