AFRICA

George Floyd had coronavirus when he died, according to a full-length autopsy report released on Wednesday. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s document confirmed Floyd died from a cardiac arrest “complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression” – and that he was positive for COVID-19. “The decedent was known to be positive for 2019-nCoV RNA [COVID-19] …

At least 127 journalists have died of COVID-19 between March 1, and May 31, this year, around the world, according to a count by the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). In a press release issued Tuesday, the Geneva-based NGO said that among the 127 deaths, around two-thirds were on duty. “Media workers have …

A woman has been charged with the murder of her six-year-old daughter Alexia Nyamadzawo, whose body was found dumped in a sugar-cane plantation in KwaZulu-Natal province earlier this week. Fungai Nyamadzawo previously said that the girl had been taken from the back seat of her car on Sunday by unknown …

The South African Government has taken note of the Johannesburg High Court ruling, which declared COVID-19 lockdown regulations in levels 3 and 4 unconstitutional and invalid. The court, however, suspended the declaration of invalidity for a period of 14 days. “This means that the Alert Level 3 regulations remain in operation for …

Thanks to the maintenance it got in during lockdown, there should be only a couple of days of load shedding this winter, Eskom told Parliament on Wednesday – down from the around a month of electricity interruptions it projected before the coronavirus arrived. Eskom is now anticipating three days of …

A two-year-old boy was shot and a man killed in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on Wednesday night, Western Cape police have said. The victims are reportedly father and son, the local ward councillor said. The shots rang out at about 19:15, police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said. “Crime scene experts …

The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on the scene. …

In three years, Isaac Mbatha got used to the lack of space, running water and electricity in a tent he shared with his wife and three children in Wilgespruit, a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. But he never got used to the rain. The coronavirus brought an unexpected respite …

For raping a baby that was 2 years 9-month-old to death, a Kaduna State High Court sitting at Dogarawa Sabon Gari Zaria has convicted one Usman Shehu Bashir of Dogarawa area to death by hanging. While delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Kabir Dabo said the judgment passed was under section …

Equatorial Guinea has told the World Health Organization (WHO) representative to leave, the AFP news agency reports citing a document from the foreign ministry and a source at the UN health agency. The country accuses Triphonie Nkurunziza of “falsifying” the country’s tally of coronavirus cases. “We don’t have a problem …