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On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, alongside several councillors and FCC Disaster Management staff, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr presented a donation to members of the United Polio Brothers and Sisters Association, Shell New Road, who were badly affected by a fire disaster. Their damaged facility which serves as a residence, a welding shop and a skills training […]

On Monday, May 26, 2025, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown, together with Deputy Mayor His Worship Kweku Lisk, Esq., and Deputy Chief Administrator Alhassan Yillah, warmly welcomed a delegation from the Norman Foster Institute (NFI) on Sustainable Cities, based in Madrid, Spain. The group included seven postgraduate student researchers and two professors,

By Prince Abubakarr Williams & Mariama Whitmore The Freetown City Council (FCC) on 15th May 2025 concluded a two day successful and highly engaging two-day workshop which focused on addressing urban challenges linked to informality and waste management, aligning with the city’s Sanitation Policy and newly enacted Sanitation Byelaws. The workshop coincided with the launch

20/5/25 Last week Friday 15th May, the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr had the honor of commissioning the newly constructed perimeter walls at both the Kissy Road and Ascension Town cemeteries, projects undertaken by the Freetown City Council as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the security and safeguard the final resting places of Freetonians.

The Freetown City Council has introduced the Solid and Liquid Waste Collection Byelaws 2024, reinforcing its dedication to establishing a cleaner and safer city. These byelaws aim to modernize waste management citywide through public-private partnerships. Under the new Waste Byelaw, all Freetown residents and businesses must register and pay for waste collection services through FCC-approved

Last week FCC had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from Yale School of the Environment to Freetown. Professor Karen Seto and Director Colleen Murphy-Dunning of the Hixon Centre for Urban Sustainability at Yale, were accompanied by 7 graduate students who are enrolled on the “FreetownTheTreeTown” capstone course that is incorporated into their Master’s program.

On May 6,2025, the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr the honour of joining the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) at their Annual National Media Awards 2024/25, a celebration of journalistic excellence, courage, and unwavering dedication to building a better Sierra Leone. In her goodwill message, she underscored the indispensable role journalists play in safeguarding

On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, joined by FCC’s Sanitation and Waste Management team, held a consultative meeting with chairladies and chairmen of markets across the city to introduce and explain to them the newly adopted Freetown City Council Solid & Liquid Waste Collection Byelaws, 2024. These updated regulations aim

A week ago today (Friday 25th April), Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was at the University of Pennsylvania to receive the 2021 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize. The award was presented to her during the Penn Institute for Urban Research’s 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum. The other two awardees were Patrick Harker, President and Chief Executive