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 ...

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 ...

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.

Annan Urges More Fundamental Reforms At U.N. By PBS NewsHour The United Nations summit of more than 150 world leaders opened with Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling the last-minute agreement on a ...

World figures have been paying tribute to former UN secretary-general and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80. Current UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed him as "a guiding force for ...

Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave a speech at the Truman Library in Missouri today. It was a chance to reach out to Americans after a tough tenure plagued by scandals, wars and a ...

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 ...

Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of ...