Freetown Waste Rules: Freetown City Council has set price caps for FCC-approved waste collection, with maximum charges ranging from Le10 (up to 25kg) to Le220 (500kg), aiming to curb arbitrary fees and improve sanitation and environmental sustainability. Youth Climate Action: The council also backed YICA’s Young Women Climate Mentorship Programme, supporting 20 participants to strengthen leadership and community climate action. Clean Public Facilities: Hashaston Services, with the Sierra Leone Police Support Directorate, carried out free fumigation at AdelaideS Street Police Station to tackle pests and sanitation issues, with plans to extend similar CSR work to other stations. Education Evidence Push: Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education signed an MoU with J-PAL Africa to strengthen the school subsidy programme using evidence-based research, improve data capacity, and guide the Education Sector Plan. Clean Cooking Roadmap: Sierra Leone convened a strategic workshop to advance the national clean cooking roadmap, targeting cleaner household energy and better health and livelihoods. Blue Economy Link: Ghana announced Africa’s first Blue Food Innovation Hub to rebuild fisheries and support small-scale operators—an initiative that includes Sierra Leone among leadership participants. Climate-Linked Finance: An IMF update says Sierra Leone’s economy is stabilising under reform, but warns that weaker revenue and rising energy and food pressures could strain progress.