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On 12 November 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, alongside Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk, councillors, council staff, and representatives from GOAL Sierra Leone, SLRA, and SLRSA, officially welcomed Zurich Mayor Corine Mauch and her delegation, including UN-Habitat’s Regional Director for Africa, Oumar Sylla, to Freetown. The visit was part of the CHF 2.5 million City-to-City Urban […]

At a press conference on November 10, 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, joined by Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk Esq., Chief Councillor Zainab Conteh, and other councillors, voiced serious concerns over actions which are undermining the effective functioning of the Freetown City Council. The Mayor emphasised that while the FCC is not opposed to staff transfers,

Global initiative aims to protect residents and transform urban spaces to prepare for a hotter future Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 November 2025) – Freetown has today become a founding member of a new global coalition of cities taking urgent, coordinated action to tackle one of the most dangerous impacts of the climate crisis: extreme

2/11/25 Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, has arrived in Rio de Janeiro for the 2025 C40 World Mayors Summit. The event, co-hosted by Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Freetown Mayor and C40 Co-Chair, London Mayor and C40 Co-Chair Sadiq Khan alongside Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, brings together leaders

28/10/25 On Tuesday 28 October, 2025, the Mayor of Freetown, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, together with the Chief Executive Officer of Africell Sierra Leone Shadi Al‑Gerjawi and AfriMoney Martison Obeng‑Agyei, launched the FCC Property Rate and Business Licences AfriMoney Payment System, a platform that further digitizes FCC’s property rates and business licence collection efforts.

On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, met with and addressed more than 700 Community Engagement and Enforcement Workers during a joint session at City Hall, expressing her appreciation for their dedication and commitment to advancing the city’s waste management efforts. She reaffirmed her optimism that ongoing initiatives

As part of The Carter Center Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, aimed at raising awareness about women’s right to information and increasing women’s access to municipal and social services, Hearts & Minds Consulting, in collaboration with the Freetown City Council (FCC), convened a stakeholder meeting on 18th October 2025 at Jalloh Terrace. The meeting provided

4/10/2025 On Thursday 18th September 2025, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs held a public consultation on the proposed plans to divide Freetown into three cities with three local councils and three mayors. The reasons for the proposed division were listed in the presentation made by the Ministry. Given the far reaching and

By John Baimba Sesay, Senior Comms Manager, C40 Cities Co-Chair Office New York, 25 September, 2025- Freetown Mayor and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on 24 September, 2025, concluded her high-profile engagements at UN Climate Week in New York, underscoring the critical role cities play in driving climate action. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr kicked off the

John Baimba Sesay, Senior Comms Manager, Office of Mayor of Freetown The Freetown City Council (FCC) with support from the World Bank, has trained over 700 community engagement workers to support the implementation of the city’s new Sanitation Bye-Laws. The two-day training, part of FCC’s “Dorti Mus Go” campaign, is aimed at strengthening community outreach,