On Thursday, 19 February, Freetown City Council welcomed a delegation from Abundant Life Charity to explore potential areas of collaboration, with a particular focus on strengthening support for municipal schools. Founded by Madam Dennisia Akran, Abundant Life Charity is a humanitarian organisation committed to improving learning environments and supporting underprivileged children across Sierra Leone. Joined […]

On Monday 9 February, as part of Freetown City Council’s initial response, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, together with Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk, visited the scene of the fire disaster that occurred on Sunday, 8 February, at ECOWAS Street, which resulted in the destruction of several businesses. Representatives of the National

Today, Saturday 24 January, FCC carried out a market cleaning exercise at Portee Market as part of the #DortiMusGo campaign to keep Freetown cleaner. The activity, attended by Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Councillor Zainab Conteh, market women, and FCC-approved waste service provider, also forms part of The Carter Center’s Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign promoting

On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the Freetown Urban Green Design Competition, an initiative designed to generate innovative, practical, and climate-resilient solutions that introduce more greenery into Freetown’s Central Business District. The competition forms part of the city’s broader urban regeneration efforts under the Freetown–Zurich City-to-City Cooperation. Key features of the

On Saturday, 20 December 2025, Her Worship Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, accompanied by councillors and staff of the Freetown City Council (FCC), toured six (6) project sites implemented by grantees of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund. The visit showcased innovative, youth-led initiatives aimed at addressing the climate change crisis. At Kroo Town Road Market,

On Wednesday 17 December, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, joined young people from across Africa at the Dream Model United Nations Conference 2025, hosted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Freetown. The conference brought together forward-thinking youth actively engaged in diplomacy, leadership, and global problem-solving, whose energy and commitment to

With support from The Carter Center’s Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, the Freetown City Council Saturday 6 December joined over 25 market women at the Low Cost Market for a successful Clean Market Day led by Councillor Hakiratu Maxwell Caulker. These women showed remarkable commitment proving that community transformation starts with those who care the

On Thursday, 4 December 2025, the Vice Chairperson of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Zheng Hong, met with Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE. With Freetown and Hefei-the capital city of Anhui Province enjoying a sister-city relationship established in 1984, the meeting created an opportunity

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, joined by FCC councillors and staff, community stakeholders and beneficiaries, launched the construction of the new Susan’s Bay Care Block on Thursday, 4 December. The initiative aims to ease the heavy burden of unpaid care work on women and girls in Freetown. The facility will centralise a range of essential services,

On Tuesday, 2 December, FCC brought together 60 market women, including market Chairladies, 20 each from the Kennedy Street, Portee, and Low Cost markets as part of ongoing community engagements to keep Freetown clean. This initiative was made possible with the support of The Carter Center through the Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, implemented by