The people of 14 November

British High Court judge Finola O'Farrell rules Australian mining corporation BHP liable for the 2015 Samarco dam collapse in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, considered the biggest environmental disaster in the country.

Crime & Justice · 14 Nov

The Constitutional Court [fr] rules that incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra may run for another term, after opposition parties submitted that he did not meet the criteria to seek another term in office.

Politics · 14 Nov

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan creates an inquiry commission to investigate the killings that occurred during recent election-related protests and orders the release of some detained participants, while also announcing plans to begin constitutional reform within her administration's first 100 days.

Politics · 14 Nov

French speed skater Timothy Loubineaud breaks the world record at the ISU World Cup by more than a second in the 5000 metres with a time of 6:00.23.

Sport · 14 Nov

Former rebel leader Roger Lumbala starts a hunger strike to protest his ongoing trial over atrocities committed during the second war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, arguing that the French court which judges him does not have legitimacy to try him.

Crime & Justice · 14 Nov