A PRAYER vigil will be held at Cotton Tree Park this evening to seek the miracle convicted Bali drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran seem to need to escape execution.

Sierra Leon's President Julius Maada Bio says heavy rains felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree that has stood as the country's national symbol for decades.

A bulldozer clears the fallen Cotton Tree in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday May 25, 2023. Sierra Leone’s centuries-old iconic Cotton Tree, seen as a symbol of liberty and freedom by ...