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American embassies in Africa in damage control campaigns

US President Donald Trump after viewing the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, at Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. [AP]

As Minneapolis burns over the police killing of George Floyd and shock and disappointment in Africa grow, some US embassies on the continent have taken the unusual step of issuing critical statements, saying no one is above the law.

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