Liberia’s pervasive culture of impunity, which has been brought into focus by recent US sanctions against three senior officials, has its roots in the failure of the country’s justice system after the civil war, according to a Liberian analyst.
“Those in government today who are corrupt … are this way because those who committed some of the most unspeakable crimes during the war have never been held to account,” says Aaron Weah, a researcher from Africa Transitional Justice Network.
