Liberian President George Weah has run onto the field for his country in a football friendly against Nigeria. His appearance comes 16 years after he
More than 100 Europe-bound African migrants have drowned off the Libyan coast. European rescuers reached them after they’d spent hours in the water — too
by Jean-Jacques Cornish Having infamously scrambled for the continent 120 years ago, Western leaders are today seeking to dance here. British Premier Theresa May twice
It appears to be safari season for European leaders. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, like her British counterpart Theresa May, is on a three-nation African tour.
Britain will build a cyber crime centre in Nairobi to identify victims of child abuse and stop images of child pornography being shared on-line, Its
British premier Theresa May’s in Nairobi today where she’ll visit British soldiers training Kenyans preparing to fighting Al Shabaab terrorists in neighboring Somalia. Yesterday she
In his first month in office, new US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called African leaders to promise support in advancing democracy and fighting
The UN immigration agency’s reporting a significant drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Africa. There were 25 338 migrants
Rex Tillerson’s embarked on his first diplomatic safari as US Secretary. He’s looking to mend fences with Africa which has been treated with indifference and
President Donald Trump is sending his Secretary of State this week to the continent he has either ignored or rubbished. Rex Tillerson will visit five
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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