The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that an Ontario court has dismissed a pair of civil suits against Barrick Gold that alleged it was responsible for human-rights abuses at a Tanzanian mine, with the judge ruling that any such court action should be tried in Tanzania. The Globe's Niall McGee writes that the plaintiffs are a group of indigenous Kurya from villages around the mine who were injured in 2021 and 2022 when the Tanzanian police force allegedly shot at them, as well as family members of victims who were killed during this period allegedly by the police. The incidents occurred when the locals trespassed at the North Mara mine in East Africa in search of gold left in waste rock. The plaintiffs alleged that owner Barrick was negligent in its oversight over human rights and security at the mine. The plaintiffs argued in court that the case should be tried in Ontario on grounds that Barrick essentially controls its entire operations from its corporate office in Toronto. Plaintiffs also argued they were unlikely to receive a fair hearing in Tanzania because of what they allege is a subpar legal system. The judge ruled that Tanzania's justice system is sufficiently rigorous to fairly hear any case.