Youth Climate Action: Freetown City Council backed YICA’s Young Women Climate Mentorship Programme, supporting 20 young women from its second cohort to build leadership and skills for community climate action. Urban Sanitation: Hashaston Services carried out free fumigation at Adelaide Street Police Station under a CSR push to improve hygiene and public safety, with plans to extend pest-control support to other stations. Waste Management: Freetown City Council set price caps for “Dorti Mus Go” waste collection, standardising maximum charges by weight to curb arbitrary fees and improve service delivery. Education & Evidence: Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education signed an MoU with J-PAL Africa to strengthen evidence-based education decisions, including improving the school subsidy programme and data systems. Climate Resilience & Trees: PI-CREF and Mayor Aki-Sawyerr reviewed progress on the Freetown Tree Town initiative, including green jobs and plans to move toward a municipal carbon credit programme. IMF Watch: The IMF said Sierra Leone is stabilising under its reform programme, but warned that weaker revenue and rising external pressures could make progress harder to sustain. Global Health Lessons: A Sierra Leone-linked Ebola expert warned that the current DRC outbreak reflects deeper gaps in global disease surveillance and preparedness.