Climate Finance & Green Growth: Sierra Leone’s Deputy Environment Minister, Mima Yema Mimi Sobba-Stephens, told Parliament that climate finance should turn vulnerability into opportunity—highlighting flooding, coastal erosion, deforestation, land degradation, irregular rainfall, rising temperatures and biodiversity loss as urgent economic and security risks. Africa Day Water & Sanitation: Sierra Leone marked Africa Day with a high-level UN dialogue focused on “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems,” linking water and sanitation to health, dignity, gender equality and Agenda 2063. Mission 300 Power Push: AfDB and partners backed “Mission 300,” aiming to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030, with calls to mobilise African development finance institution assets. Child Protection Policy: Government and UNICEF completed regional validation of Sierra Leone’s Draft Child Safeguarding Policy to protect children from abuse and harm across homes, schools, communities and online spaces. Health & Community Support: Orange Sierra Leone Foundation refurbished a maternal health facility in York Village, upgrading labour and post-natal care with key equipment. Freetown Building Safety Alarm: Health Alert Sierra Leone urged investigation into alleged negligence and weak enforcement blamed for frequent building collapses in the capital. Energy Regulation: NPRA reaffirmed Sierra Leone’s moratorium on new fuel station construction, warning of sanctions during compliance checks.