The judge in former Liberian warlord, Kunti Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes, dealt a blow to Kamara’s case on Monday by striking out his two challenges to the charges.
The former Ulimo rebel commander’s lawyers had introduced two new arguments in this appeal claiming that Kamara was 15 at the time the crimes took place and therefore was too young for the case to be heard in an adult court.
He also claimed that the crimes took place before France’s 10-year statute of limitation and so the charges against him came too late.
The presiding judge told the court neither claim was valid. Let’s join New Narratives’ senior reporter, Evelyn Kpadeh for more today on this latest decision by the court.

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the West Africa Justice Reporting Project.