he Freetown City Council on Tuesday 27 August 2024 commenced its 2025 annual work plan preparation and budget hearing exercise with MDAs implementing devolved functions as well as setting targets for its revenue generation departments. The exercise, chaired by the Deputy Mayor, Kweku Lisk saw MDAs within the municipality also accounting on how funds devolved […]

29/8/2024 Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on August 29, 2024, expressed appreciation to His Excellency Manuel Alexander Muller, the European Union’s outgoing Ambassador to Sierra Leone, for his role in lifting the bars of cooperation between the EU and Sierra Leone as he concludes his tour of duty. During the meeting with Ambassador Muller,

2/9/20248 nclusive #Climate Action is a key area of focus at C40 Cities, as we believe the climate action must be just and fair to serve those who suffer most from its effects. Multilateral city cooperation is invaluable to ensuring global efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate impacts are innovative and effective on a

31 July, 2024 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 31 July, 2024: Mayor of Freetown and C40 Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, announced the 9 winners of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund at the monthly council meeting. The winners include: Movable Ease Sierra Leone, Sierra Eco Heat, Girls for the Environment, Sierra Sport Paladin, Student Tourism Hub-FBC, Youth Initiative

28 July 2024 To address the challenge of security and the protection of the final resting places of Freetonians, Freetown City Council (FCC) has started major wall construction projects at the Ascension Town and Kissy Road cemeteries. On the 27th July 2024, FCC handed over project sites to contractors for the construction of a 126-meter

24 July 2024 On July 24, 2024, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr met with stakeholders from the Kroobay Community and the contractor to review ongoing construction progress of the Kroobay Municipal Primary School construction, a project supported by FCC, funded by Sustain for Life and implemented by Sierra Leone Autistic Society. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr was joined by Councillors

9 July 2024 Freetown City Council (FCC) in partnership with UNCDF, ILO, ILRAJ, WANEP, and FEDURP has been implementing the Women for Water and Peace Project (W4WP) with funding from the UN Peacebuilding Fund. This involves the construction of 25 solar-powered boreholes (part of the ongoing installation of 65 boreholes across Freetown) in communities in

4 July 2024 The journey to transform Freetown by transforming lives has begun, with the launch on 4 July 2024, by Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of the Transform Freetown – Transforming Lives 2024-2028 Development Agenda, a strategic roadmap by FCC to address the structural challenges of Freetown through investments that

3 July 2024 This week, FCC received a delegation from the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALi) Data Programme for a two-day workshop as part of FCC’s commitment to establish a foundational data management practice for effective performance management. The African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALi), a partnership between the African Centre for Cities at the University

5 July 2024 On Friday, July 5th, Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, welcomed Her Excellency Mrs. Ursula Fahringer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Sierra Leone, based in Dakar, Senegal, during a courtesy call. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr and Ambassador Fahringer underscored the importance of strengthening collaboration in a bid to fostering ties