On this edition of Africa 54, Burundi government says President Pierre Nkurunziza dies at the age of 56; The U.S. House Judiciary Committee set to hear from Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, who died in police custody; The top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci describes COVID-19 as his “worst nightmare”; The Moroccan government says it will start easing restrictive measures imposed to curb coronavirus.

A54 Technology: Health experts say app-based contact tracing is appealing in part because the coronavirus spread is so stealthy. Infected people can transmit the virus for days before they develop symptoms. An Eritrean-born American has launched an android app called “Tracker” that tracks user’s locations and notifies them if they’ve been within a certain distance of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. For more insight, Africa 54’s Paul Ndiho spoke to Beruk Habte, the creator of the contact tracing mobile application based in the U.S. state of Maryland.