During an exclusive interview with Liberty Online TV yesterday morning, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr was asked whether maintenance of roads was the responsibility of Freetown City Council.
The Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on Sunday 7th September 2025 donated learning materials to over two hundred and fifty school going children of R.C
Today, I was honored to receive an award from the Mama Pekin Foundation, in recognition of my contribution to the Postgraduate Training Program in Obstetrics,
On September 7, 2025, in Kakorla Village, Biriwa Chiefdom, Bombali District, Mayor of Freetown, Comrade Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, joined the APC Acting National Chairman Amb
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown Watch Full Speech HERE In reviewing the theme, I felt that it was important to start with a look
In August 2024, Freetown City Council took a bold step in environmental protection by demolishing structures built on illegally reclaimed land at Kroo Bay Community.
I am honored that Eugenia Kargbo (Africa’s First Chief Heat Officer) and I have been jointly recognized by National Geographic as being among “33 extraordinary
9/3/2025 It was a real pleasure to spend International Women’s Day in Kenema District with members the APC Women’s Congress from across the country. With
7/3/2025 Five years ago, I was honored and privileged to be at official launch of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Centre for Women and Development
1/3/2024 I was excited to launch the second round of the Bloomberg Freetown Youth Climate Action Fund yesterday! Freetown is among the 100 cities from
28/2/2025 Disability is NOT inability! These words were vividly demonstrated at this afternoon’s The Dorothy Springer Trust Graduation ceremony. I delivered the keynote address to
28/2/2025 The implementation of Resolution 4 of the #AgreementForNationalUnity has been slower than we had hoped but progress has accelerated in recent weeks. Just concluded
24/2/2025 On Monday 24th February, I met with the Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone H. E. Aidan Fitzpatrick and Mark Finegan, Director of the Civil
23/2/2025 I don’t have the words to express the joy I felt returning to Kagbankona Village yesterday. I first met the people of Kagbankona and
17/2/2025 I was honored to yesterday deliver the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the Green and Resilient Urban Shift Africa Forum 2025 held
11/2/2025 It was my pleasure to yesterday deliver a lecture to masters students and faculty at the Norman Foster Foundation Institute in Madrid for the
7/2/2025 Yesterday’s African Urban Heat Summit was a landmark event for Freetown! Co-hosted by Climate Resilience for All (CRA) the one day Summit brought together
5/2/2025 Alongside the Deputy Mayor, Councilors, Chief Administrator and staff of Council it was a pleasure to receive Mayors and Vice Governors from across the
30/1/2025 I was extremely happy to today commission a new facility block at the Tower Hill Municipal Primary School! Funded by Dr. Staneala Beckley and
26/1/2025 The escalating crisis of illegal substance abuse, particularly the Kush epidemic, poses a grave threat to our city and country. In April 2024, His
23/1/2025 Over the course of the past two days, it has been a privilege for me to participate in a two day roundtable with key
20/1/2025 It was a pleasure to meet with H. E. Kim Pankyu, Korean Ambassador to Nigeria and Sierra Leone in Abuja this morning. I had
18/1/2025 Today was a very special day in which the values of “service above self” and “community partnerships” came together in the commissioning of the
10/1/2025 It was a pleasure to meet with British High Commissioner H. E. Josephine Gauld UK in Sierra Leone this morning. We discussed a range
1/1/2025 Dear Freetonians, As 2024 comes to an end, I want to take this moment to appreciate the unwavering support you have given to me
20/12/2024 It was an absolute honor to meet the Prime Minister of Senegal, H.E. Ousmane Sonko, during his visit to the Gambia yesterday. I am
20/12/2024 I was pleased to yesterday visit Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) in the Gambia at the invitation of Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda. The visit, facilitated
17/12/2024 Yesterday morning, as Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, I had the honor of opening a one-day orientation and training workshop for
14/12/2024 Yesterday I was really pleased to serve as the keynote speaker at the official launch of the Youth Climate Council Freetown Chapter! This is
6/12/2024 Yesterday it was my pleasure to meet with a delegation from the World Bank, headed by Franz Drees-Gross, West Africa Regional Director for Infrastructure.
