Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Germany in 2016. [Reuters] Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan will receive a state funeral and burial ...

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been laid to rest Thursday in his home country of Ghana. Thousands of mourners gathered in the Accra International ...

Kofi Annan (left) when he led the peace talks that saved Kenya from plunging into a civil war after the disputed 2007 elections. [File, Standard] As the world prepares to give former United Nations ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's president has proposed Sept. 13 as the date for the burial of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died Saturday in Switzerland at age 80. State-owned ...

Kofi Annan, who is stepping down as secretary general of the United Nations on December 31, has been one of the organization’s “most formidable and memorable leaders,” but his decade-long tenure is ...

Accra, April 8, GNA – The Global African Heritage Foundation has launched a book celebrating the legacies of the late Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, for championing global peace and unity.

Kofi Annan has been described as one of "Africa's foremost son," as well as "a tall Iroko tree," whose achievement as the first black African to lead the UN is a source of pride to many on the ...