by Jean-Jacques Cornish Morocco and its supporters face a particularly torrid time when the United Nations General Assembly to his week turns to the 17
Like all the friends and supporters of the apartheid regime, the absolute monarchy that is Morocco hates being reminded of this. So I was not
The normalisation of relations between Israel and Morocco comes as no surprise to observers of events in the Maghreb and the Middle east. Donald Trump’s
Breaking the COVID diplomatic lockdown, the ambassadors of 17 countries presented their credentials of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in
by Jean-Jacques Cornish President Cyril Ramaphosa had his work cut out when he took on the chairmanship of the African Union this year. He is
With Malawi confirming its first COVID19 cases, there are five African countries that remain coronavirus free. They are all small, relatively remote and have tests
In his meeting today with Mozambique’s President Felipe Nyusi, Pope Francis is unlikely to address human rights concerns as directly as watchdog group Amnesty International
Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara is called Africa’s last colonial vestige. Recent events at the International Court of Justice in the Hague and
Morocco’s about to send an ambassador to South Africa after angrily withdrawing its envoy 15 years ago when then President Thabo Mbeki recognized the government
It is a depressing truism of modern, multilateral diplomacy that after a two-year term as temporary member of the United Nations Security Council, a country
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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