A centuries-old tree that served as an historic symbol of Sierra Leone has fallen during a storm in the capital, Freetown.
The government says the loss of the 70-metre Cotton Tree is comparable to the fire that damaged Paris's Notre Dame cathedral in 2019.

Al Jazeera’s Alex Baird reports.

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