The Freetown City Council (FCC) announced it will enforce new sanitation bye-laws with stiff penalties, including possible jail time, for residents who refuse to comply. The move is part of the city’s...
Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has donated learning materials to more than 250 pupils of the R.C. Primary and Junior Secondary School in Kagbankona Village, Biriwa Chiefdom, Bombali District. The...
With schools across Sierra Leone preparing to reopen, concerns over the government’s commitment to its flagship Free Quality Education (FQE) initiative are once again in the spotlight. Freetown Mayor,...
Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, addressed participants at the African Women Climate Action Network (AWCAN) held on Tuesday, August 26 2025, in Accra, Ghana. Aki-Sawyerr, who is a co-curator of...
The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, engaged World Bank officials Robert O’Brien and Madhu Raghunath on urban development collaboration. On her Facebook page, she stated, “On Tuesday, 26th August...
On Monday, 18 August 2025, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr expressed deep concern over the increasing number of corpses discovered on the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, a situation she described...
The Ghanaian High Commissioner in Sierra Leone, His Excellency Senator Yawlui, paid a courtesy call on the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, on August 21, 2025, at her office. According to Mayor...
Former Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs and political commentator, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, has announced plans to release what she describes as “detailed revelations”...
The Parliamentary Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs has conducted its first official visit to the Freetown City Council (FCC) since the current council leadership assumed office. The...
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has raised alarm over the continued loss of the city’s protected wetlands and forested areas, citing recent data from satellite imagery. According to Google Earth images, Aberdeen...
