Kofi Annan, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first black African secretary-general and reshape the organization as a proponent of ...

Global and local leaders gathered in his native Ghana for an elaborate celebration of Mr. Annan, the first black African to ever lead the United Nations. By Eugenia A. Tenkorang and Megan Specia A ...

UNITED NATIONS – Kofi Annan steps down as secretary-general at midnight Sunday, leaving behind a global organization far more aggressively engaged in peacekeeping and fighting poverty – but struggling ...

Children: with Nane Lagergren Annan: Nina (stepdaughter); with Titi Alakija: Kojo, Ama Education: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Macalester ...

GENEVA (AP) — Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, ...

The U.N. Security Council has a full agenda these days with the Middle East crisis and nuclear showdowns with Iran and North Korea. The five permanent members have another major job - searching for a ...

KOFI ANNAN began his 10-year run as U.N. secretary-general at a high point for the world body. The Cold War's end put the United Nations at center stage, poised as an organizer of the new world order.

As Secretary-General Annan prepares to leave his post at the United Nations, a mystery is surfacing surrounding his apartment on Roosevelt Island, subsidized by New York taxpayers, which is still in ...

Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 2, 2012. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a ...

Was descended from tribal chiefs on both sides of his parents. Had a twin sister, Efua Atta, who died in 1991. They shared the middle name Atta, which means twin in the Ghanaian language of Akan. Was ...