Sierra Leone Loses ‘Symbol Of Freedom’ In Rainstorm

A heavy rainfall caused a massive tree that had towered over the city of Sierra Leone for generations and represented freedom to its early inhabitants to fall.

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone referred to the unfortunate incidence as “a great loss to the nation,” as thousands flocked to observe the shattered trunk of the kapok tree, which was located in the centre of a roundabout close to the president’s office and the national museum in Freetown.

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