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21/8/26 Freetown City Council, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and FCC approved waste service providers, has intensified its door-to-door engagement with residents and businesses across the city as part of the #DortiMustGo waste management campaign. The ongoing exercise focuses on sensitising residents, registering households and businesses for waste collection services, and facilitating […]

On Wednesday, 19 August, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr officially launched the construction of the King Jimmy Market, a key component of the Strengthening Urban Governance and Local Economic Development (SURGE) Project. Located in the heart of Freetown’s Central Business District, King Jimmy is one of the city’s oldest markets and holds significant historical and

By John Baimba Sesay Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Deputy Inspector General of Police Andrew Kamara on Monday, 17 August 2026, presided over the opening ceremony marking the commencement of a six-week physical and academic training programme for 70 recruits of the Freetown City Council (FCC) Metropolitan Police. The training is being conducted at

By John Baimba Sesay, Senior Communications Manager, Mayor’s Office On International Youth Day, Wednesday 12 August, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the third cohort of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund 2.0. This initiative empowers young people to identify and implement solutions to the climate crisis. The Fund was launched

Freetown City Council (FCC), in partnership with HB Ltd, the Ministry of Health’s Directorate of Environmental Health and the District Health Management Team, has launched a two-day training programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of frontline healthcare workers to respond to heat-related illnesses. The training, which commenced on 14 July, has brought together 35 healthcare

There was an atmosphere of celebration, with singing and dancing, on Saturday 27 June 2026, as residents of Jah Kingdom in Kamayama, Congo Town Market, Owen Street by Mountain Cut, and Pamronkoh in Calaba Town welcomed the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, during her inspection tour of newly constructed water kiosks and public toilet

Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, from 14-15 June joined fellow municipal leaders, policymakers, and climate advocates at the 2026 World Cities Summit in Singapore.The Summit brought together government representatives, mayors, sustainability leaders, development partners, and other global stakeholders to explore solutions for building greener, more resilient, and

Freetown, 9 June 2026: The public is hereby informed that the Freetown City Council (‘FCC”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sierra Leone Police (‘SLP”) in respect of the effective enforcement of Freetown’s new Solid and Liquid Waste Collection bylaws (Statutory Instrument No. 14 of 2024). Compliance with the new bylaws is being

On Thursday 21 May, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk Esq, Council staff, the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) and GOAL Sierra Leone conducted an inspection of work on Wallace Johnson Street, George Street, Gloucester Street and Charlotte Street. This inspection was part of the ongoing Central Business District (CBD) Regeneration initiative.

Freetown Launches Landmark Clean Air Initiative to Drive Data-Led Climate and Public Health Action City deploys first-ever municipal air quality sensor network under C40’s African Cities for Clean Air Initiative, in collaboration with Breathe Cities. Freetown, Sierra Leone – 19 May 2026: Freetown City Council today convened a multi-stakeholder workshop to officially launch the Unlocking