Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Court to also rule on FDA officials' $6M forestry fraud appeal as it clears 55 cases before term's end. The Supreme Court will this week rule on a bid by former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and three sitting lawmakers to overturn a judge's decision to disband the jury in the Capitol Building arson case, one of 55 judgments the Court is set to deliver as it winds down its term.

By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

MONROVIA - The Supreme Court of Liberia is set to render final judgments this week in several high-profile criminal cases involving past and present government officials, in what promises to be one of the most consequential weeks for the nation's judiciary this term.

Chief among them is...