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 ...

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 ...

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. The tree, rooted in a busy ...

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 ...

In the days after the felling of the huge cotton tree, the symbol of capital city Freetown, Sierra Leoneans gathered to stand by the remaining stump, express their shock, and pay their respects.

"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 giant 70-metre Cotton Tree was felled in a thunderstorm last week. It had towered for centuries over the heart of Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, after its settlement by former slaves ...

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. Tourism Ireland's Global Greening ...

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 ...

"All Sierra Leoneans will pause for thought at the loss of such a prestigious national symbol as Cotton Tree," President Julius Maada Bio said on Thursday. Workers cleared rubble from the Freetown ...