Joshua Yarjah

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. She explained that the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has the responsibility to do the maintenance work whilst the Road Maintenance Fund collects the fees from vehicle licences and a […]

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 Osman Foday Yansaneh, the National Secretary-General Lansana Dumbuya, other APC comrades, family members and well-wishers at the funeral of the late Chief Sumiala A Y Sesay, also known as Chief

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 back into history. To ask the questions “what are we independent from?” and “why are we independent?” Independence from colonial rule is often met with the implicit assumption that colonizers