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Vol 66 No 10

Published 16th May 2025


Sierra Leone

First Lady under fire

President Julius Maada Bio’s wife, Fatima Maada Bio, has bought a string of luxury properties in the Gambia worth over US$2 million since 2020, according to an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project on 10 May. Acquired under her own and the names of her elderly mother and other relations, the organisation says, at least 10 properties are concerned, and the value may have been understated to help avoid local taxes. She denies any wrongdoing.

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