Liberia, April 28 -- Summary:

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives

A public dispute between Jallah Barbu, the executive director of the Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court of Liberia, and the Oswald Tweh, the justice minister, has cast a cloud over the war crimes court and a national anti-corruption court, prompting a range of justice activists to voice increasing alarm that the long-promised postwar justice may be being derailed.

In a live radio appearance appearance on Okay FM, Barbu renewed longstanding complaints that the Office has been underfunded. In 2025, the Office received $US800,000 of the $US2 million promised by President Joseph Boakai promised in ...