Sierra Leoneans are mourning the toppling of a beloved ancient tree that had ... prayers for the country. “The Cotton Tree was the spine that held up Freetown and Sierra Leone,” said Raymond ...

Sierra Leone has been dealt a "great loss," the country's leader said Thursday, after its iconic Cotton Tree was felled in the storm. The giant tree loomed over the capital, Freetown, for about ...

Sierra Leone authorities are investigating after the ancient "Cotton Tree", the historic symbol of the West African country's capital Freetown, caught fire under mysterious circumstances, government ...

A towering cotton tree which has stood ... prayers at the tree before making Freetown their home. As the city grew over the years, it expanded around the ancient tree at its heart.

"I'm shocked and heartbroken to see our beloved Freetown Cotton Tree destroyed this morning on my way to work," Gibrilla Sesay, a 34-year-old finance worker, told AFP. In a statement, the Ministry ...

The Cotton Tree was considered Sierra ... its 70-metre-tall trunk near the base, the kapok tree stood in the middle of a roundabout in central Freetown, its highest branches reaching above the ...

Torrential rains in Sierra Leone's capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, a national treasure whose loss has left "a gap" in people's hearts, the country's President Julius Maada Bio said ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Death stalks the ... particular cause of the author in the process. Beneath a revered ancient cotton tree near the supreme court, a banner bearing a crucifix and Islamic ...

“I’m shocked and heartbroken to see our beloved Freetown Cotton Tree destroyed this morning on my way to work,” Gibrilla Sesay, a 34-year-old finance worker, told AFP. There were no reports ...