A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of ...

Sierra Leone has preserved several monuments to help visitors understand the country’s tragic past. In Freetown, that includes the 300-year-old “Cotton Tree,” the Wharf Steps and the Old ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone. It’s always like going back home ... Go to see the Cotton Tree in the city centre. During a storm its branches were destroyed and now only the base of its trunk ...