African Journalist Awards names co-host

Of Sierra Leonean parentage, Sesay has covered the launch of “The Elders” initiative in South Africa, and travelled to Nigeria to cover the country's presidential elections in April 2007. She co-hosted the African Journalist Awards in 2009, when they were held in Durban, South Africa.

“It's a great honour to be co-hosting the awards again, and I am looking forward to my time in Uganda,” said Isha Sesay. “I'd encourage African journalists to enter the award, as a way to get broader recognition for their work as a professional journalist across the continent.”

Her video message encouraging journalists to enter before the January 28 deadline can be seen online: us.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/11/04/sesay.african.journalist.awards.cnn.