Historical slave trade era staircase in Mombasa falls into Indian Ocean

Damage of the leven staircase at Mombasa's Old Town in Mombasa County on Saturday May 5,2018. The estimated 250 years old staircase that leads to the historical Leven house owned by Seyyid Said Bin Sultan of Zanzibar and originally named in 1824 after a British Ship was washed off by heavy sea water currents following the ongoing rains. The House gazetted since 1997 by the National Museums of Kenya also housed explorers Dr.Krapf,Burton, and Speke.[Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

A winding staircase built by liberated slaves in 1824 in Mombasa's Old Town has collapsed into the Indian Ocean.

The 200-metre staircase was built by British anti-slavery abolitionist, Lt Colonel Emery, to connect Leven House to the ocean's shore.