Militia fighting for Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar are blamed for killing 40 migrants in a detention centre near Tripoli. The rebel Libyan National Army denies
Four European countries have agreed to take in 67 migrants who’ve been stranded aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean for two weeks. Maltese naval
There are no indications of survivors from Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa bound for neighbouring Kenya this
At least 43 migrants have drowned off the coast of Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. The International Oganisation for Migration fears the death toll
The call by Italian deputy prime minister Luigi di Maio for European sanctions against France for exploiting Africa has infuriated Paris. The Italian says African’s
More than 200 migrants have drowned off Libya this week, bringing to at least 1 000 the number to die this year on the main
Forty three people have been rescued from a boat attempting a journey from Africa to Europe. The 7m wooden boat was spotted 48km off the
African and European leaders have agreed on an action plan to address the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean into Europe. A summit hosted by
Several African and European leaders are gathered in Paris for a summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at boosting efforts to curb migrant
Amnesty International says by deliberately turning its back on migrants and refugees, the European Union contributing to a rising number of deaths at sea. 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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