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Following his reelection in November President Ernest Bai Koroma for the first time in the history of Sierra Leone appointed a blind person as Deputy Minister. Former broadcaster and musician, Mustapha Bai Atilla was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs.

This is part of the Military Barracks of the 9^th Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF). The soldiers sleep here with their families. Photo was taken on Tuesday 22 January 2013, months after the Chief of Defense Staff of RSLAF, Major General Samuel Omar Williams, had expressed grave concerns over the “perennial problem of accommodation” in the army.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The Country Representative of the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA), Dr. Yvonne Harding says leprosy is a curable disease. She made this statement at the Health and Sanitation Ministry in Freetown in commemoration of the 60^th World Leprosy Day on the theme, “Stop the Stigma and Discrimination against Leprosy: A World without Stigma”.

By Bampia James Bundu

The Chief Operations Officer/Chief Finance Officer of Standard Chartered Bank SL has assured Sierra Leoneans that by 2020 his bank will work assiduously with its partners to restore sight to about 20 million people across 20 countries in the world including Sierra Leone.

Idrissa Kamara made this commitment over the weekend during a sponsored walk dubbed “Walk 4 Sight” at the Kingtom Football Academy in Freetown.

By Abubakarr Bah

Cotton Tree News (CTN), a news and current affairs programme of the University of Sierra Leone, is to merge with Radio Mount, the teaching radio station at Fourah Bay College.

In a two-day merger workshop held at GEMM in Freetown, the Project Oversight of CTN, Bernadette Cole said the object of the merger was to consolidate the two media institutions into a sustainable media organisation to provide “independent and objective news and information programming”.