wikipedia - 14 Sep 2018 Kofi Atta Annan (/ˈkoʊfi ˈænæn/;[1] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.[2] He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela.[3]
VOA News - 28 Jan 2019
The head of the U.N. children's fund urged Myanmar on Monday to implement the recommendations of a panel on the Rohingya crisis led by former U.N. head ...
africanews - 02 Feb 2019
Democracy was defeated in the last elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, according to heads of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Kofi Annan ...
The New York Times - 18 Aug 2018
Kofi Annan, the soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana who became the seventh secretary general of the United Nations, projecting himself and his ...
USA TODAY - 19 Aug 2018
Kofi Annan, who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first African-American secretary-general and one the world's most celebrated ...
The Straits Times - 20 Feb 2019
YANGON (REUTERS) - Organisers of a summit in Myanmar's crisis-hit western state of Rakhine are this week pitching to investors its plentiful farmland and ...
Foreign Policy - 22 Aug 2018
Kofi Annan, who died last weekend, was arguably the most consequential United Nations secretary-general since the second, Dag Hammarskjold, who served ...
POLITICO - 30 Dec 2018
The son of a Ghanaian tribal chief, Kofi Annan seemed born for the role of U.N. secretary-general. And he showed the ultimate in diplomatic ability by making ...
The Guardian - 18 Aug 2018
Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, has died at the age of 80, the organisation announced on Saturday. The Ghanaian was the seventh secretary ...
tv6tnt.com - 20 Feb 2019
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping said it remains “deeply concerned” by the actions and statements of the Secretary-General of the ...
The Hill - 19 Feb 2019
The State Department and USAID will invest more than $500 million in Somalia this year. That comes in addition to more than $1 billion in United Nations ...
BBC News - 13 Sep 2018
World leaders and royalty have paid their respects to one of Africa's most famous diplomats, Kofi Annan, at his funeral in his home country of Ghana. It is the ...
The Hill - 15 Sep 2018
K. Riva Levinson attended the *service* and says all shared sorrow for the passing of a hero who personified the best of humanity and at a time when the world ...
News24 - 10 Sep 2018
The body of Kofi Annan has returned to his native Ghana in a solemn ceremony marking the start of official mourning for the former UN secretary-general.
UN News - 20 Sep 2018
From 1997 to 2005, Kofi Annan, the late United Nations Secretary-General, championed everything from stronger human rights and peacekeeping operations ...
Reuters - 24 Aug 2018
ACCRA (Reuters) - Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the West African ...
