criminal justice

South African Hawks leader resigns amid cocaine theft probe; Kenyan police fire on abduction protest; Nigeria sees multiple arrests and officer training. Agencies across Africa report active operations.

The KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head resigns while an attempted murder trial involving a high-profile figure is delayed, and a political figure recounts a tense exchange with a suspended crime intelligence official.

Colombian authorities arrested a 46-year-old doctor in Bogotá after influencer Natalia Villalba was found dead in a suitcase. In South Africa, five suspects were apprehended for breaking into container tuck shops in Hammarsdale.