Monrovia, May 13 -- More than three quarters of Liberians have openly backed a war and economic crimes court for their country, according to a new survey released this month by Afrobarometer, an Accra based Pan African non-profit research organization. The survey is a big jump in confidence of citizens for the court from 2021, which was at 41 percent.

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives

The report said the "citizens think that the war and economic crimes court will make it possible for the country to hold people accountable for crimes committed during the civil war."

"Confidence that the court will make accountability possible increases with respondents' level of education ranging from 63 percent of ...