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 Cotton Tree was an important landmark in the West ... its branches to offer prayers in their new home, which they called Freetown. The fallen tree in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown ...

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 ...

"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 most famous landmark in Freetown is easy to miss, especially from inside a keke (tuk-tuk), navigating through the narrow, crowded streets in the shadow of colonial buildings. Cotton Tree ...

Welcome to Freetown in Sierra Leone, a gem on the West African coast that’s still dusting off the sand to reveal its sparkle.

The company sponsored the beautification of the Freetown Cotton Tree, the ongoing construction of a modern clock tower in Makeni and the Premier League, among others. AllAfrica publishes around ...

Trees are embedded in wider structures of power. From colonial-era tree planting, which aimed to reorganise Freetown into a European style city, to the 21st century’s green capitalism – in ...

“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 ...