Environmental activists celebrate as Kenya spares sacred fig tree from destruction

Environmentalists in Kenya are celebrating this week, after winning a legal fight to protect a century-old fig tree in the nation’s capital. It was originally scheduled to be removed to make way for a highway. Crystal Goomanisngh explains the importance of fig trees in Kenya’s culture, and why some believe this one has special powers.

• Kenya’s president issues decree to save century-old fig tree from Chinese-funded highway