Burundians are being asked to pay for their next election in 2020. Civil servants will sacrifice a tenth of their salaries to finance the poll
Watchdog group Human Rights Watch has praised the decision by the International Criminal Court to probe crimes against humanity in Burundi. The group says the
Great Lakes countries are pressing thousands of Burundian refugees to go home where they face being killed, tortured or raped. Amnesty International says some of
A United Nations investigation team finds Burundi’s top leaders and state security agencies committed crimes against humanity. It found a parallel system of government in
Human rights groups are calling on Africa, Europe and the United Nations to send a military force to prevent a civil war and possible genocide
United Nations investigators say Burundi’s government is behind systematic human rights violations, including executions and torture. They warn of possible crimes against humanity and the
The recent flare-up of deadly violence in South Sudan is metaphor of the crises tearing the continent as leaders gather for the AU Summit in
Elsewhere on the continent, Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has described the gunning down of his former minister Hafsa Mossi as
High ranking Burundian army officials continue to be targeted in the turmoil following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to cling to power. A security advisor to
The biography of disgraced FIFA boss Sepp Blatter reveals he acted as a secret agent for the Swiss government. It’s emerged he was sent on
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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