November 13, 2024

11/11/2024 Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on Monday 11 November, met with the new British High Commissioner Sierra Leone. It was also an opportunity for her to extend a warm welcome to Freetown to H.E. Josephine Gauld. Their meeting was engaging and very special – as they met on the RFA Lyme Bay (a British Naval Ship)! […]

10/11/2024 Like most Saturdays, 10 November 2024 was a very busy day!! It started with Mayor Aki-Sawyer meeting with the German Ambassador and the German Foreign Office Director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Then she spoke to about 100 pupils from Leone Preparatory School about the history of Freetown City Council, the structure of local governments and

9/11/2024 Earlier this week, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, took part in a series of high-level events at the 12th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), held by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Cairo, Egypt. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr participated in a panel on the investment priorities for

8/11/2024 On Friday, November 8, 2024, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, visited the Allen Town Market and assured the community of Freetown City Council’s support amid a recent ownership claim on the property which the community has used for the past 42 years. Speaking to stakeholders, including the community chairman, chairlady, market women and youth,

24/10/2024 On Thursday, 24th October, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, commissioned the Kroo Bay Municipal Primary School, constructed with funding from #SustainforLife and with support from FCC. The project was implemented by the Sierra Leone Autistic Society. The school is built on the site of a former community center, where a single room had previously served as