The BBC has announced to staff that Cork's Fergal Keane is to step back from his role as BBC News Africa Editor, due to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mr Keane will continue to work with the BBC, both in news and current affairs, and more widely across the organisation. This time last year, Fergal Keane was named recipient of the Hall of Fame award at the Cork Person of the Year awards. The son of acclaimed actor, the late Eamonn Keane and nephew of playwright John B Keane, Fergal was accompanied to the awards with members of his family including his mother, Maura Hassett. Letter to DanielKeane joined the BBC in 1989 as the corporation's Northern Ireland correspondent, and later covered South Africa and Asia for the corporation before being appointed Africa editor.

Source: Irish Examiner January 24, 2020 13:17 UTC