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As Freetown transformed into an urban city over time, the Cotton Tree “remained a singular oasis of green,” Zebek said. It was a shelter not only for the people, but for vultures that served ...
Freetown (AFP) – A centuries-old, towering tree that served as a historic symbol in Sierra Leone has been felled during a wind and rain storm in the capital Freetown, the government said on ...
Africa Centuries-old cotton tree, national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone Storm Wednesday evening in the capital, Freetown, destroyed all but the stump of the iconic tree ...
John Wearing, a British Freetown resident, who was on the site of the cotton tree the night it fell, said people are “shocked and sad, but showing typical Sierra Leonean resilience.
A towering cotton tree which has stood for several hundred years in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, has been brought down by a heavy storm. President Julius Maada Bio said the tree fell after a ...
The 70-metre (230ft) Ceiba pentandra – known to Sierra Leoneans as Cotton Tree – lost all its branches and leaves during a night of rainfall in Freetown yesterday.
FREETOWN, May 25 (Reuters) - A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone's capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents crashed down overnight during a heavy rainstorm.
Embassy of Ireland, Sierra Leone. A; The historic Cotton Tree in Freetown will join almost 400 iconic attractions worldwide turning green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day for the first time in 2019.
Standing below a stump of splintered limbs, I looked up at a grey sky once filled with flourishing boughs. Torn down by a heavy storm in May 2023, Freetown’s historic 400-year-old Cotton Tree is ...
A towering cotton tree which has stood for several hundred years in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, has been brought down by a heavy storm. President Julius Maada Bio said the tree fell after a ...