Kofi annan

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died early Saturday at age 80.

The Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh UN secretary general has died aged 80

Dear Former Secretary-General Kofi Atta Annan, I would like to thank you for your service. Thank you for your service to Ghana. Thank for your service to Africa. And most of all, thank you for your service to the world. Your recent passing leaves me, and many others around the world with a very heavy...

Former United Nations (UN) secretary general (7th) Kofi Atta Annan has passed on. Annan died today (Saturday August 18, 2018) in Switzerland while

Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

Kofi Annan '2001

Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, he projected himself and his organization as the world’s conscience and moral arbiter, despite a series of failures and scandals.

Former UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Laureate and former Chair of The Elders; put development, human rights, the rule of law, good governance and peace at the top of the United Nations agenda.