by Jean-Jacques Cornish And then there was one. On the last day of April, Comoran President Azali Assoumani announced that a 50 year old compatriot
African sports stars politicians and citizens of the mountain kingdom have fallen victim to official travel bans imposed because of the coronavirus. Nine African countries
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s in Angola for a SADC summit where stability in Lesotho, the DRC and Madagascar come under the spotlight. Ramaphosa remains the regional
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s calling on Madagascar’s regional partners to step in an help restore security and stability in the country torn by conflict. He was
President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes his first foreign visit as head of state, calling on Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Ramaphosa’s the current chair of the regional
Regional leaders will be turning the security spotlight on Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 37th summit of the Southern African Development
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The U.N. food agency has declared its highest-level emergency in drought-stricken southern Africa. It’s appealing for $204 million immediately to purchase food and transport it
For a second time in months, Tom Thabane has fled Lesotho for fear of his life. As prime minister of the mountain kingdom he crossed
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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