Eswatini’s prime minister dies with Covid-19 as virus surges in southern Africa

A freshly-dug grave sits at the Motherwell Cemetery in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Theo Jeftha/AP)

Eswatini prime minister Ambrose Dlamini, who had tested positive for Covid-19, has died, the government has announced.

The 52-year-old, who had been prime minister since 2018, announced in November that he had tested positive for the virus and was being treated at a hospital in neighbouring South Africa.