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First Lady At Centre of Graft Allegations Rocking Sierra Leone

Pressure is mounting on Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio following a series of corruption allegations against the First Lady Fatima Bio and a top government minister, undermining the president's own vow to fight corruption in the West African country. Reports from the Africanist Press claim that First Lady Fatima Bio spent more than U.S.$780,000 of public funds for personal shopping, as well as travel and accommodation for foreign guests during the launch of her Hands Off Our Girls campaign in mid-2018. The cash was allegedly spent between June and December 2018 on furniture, electrical equipment, fuel, and travel and hotels, with the media outlet publishing accounts for the campaign. The first lady has admitted that she received government funds, but denies that money was misspent.

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President Julius Maada Bio (file photo).

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