Kofi Annan, the first U.N. secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa, died Saturday after a short illness. Annan, a career U.N. diplomat, served as secretary general from 1997 to 2006 and received ...

The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Professor Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has endorsed President John Dramani Mahama’s ...

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 diplomats, died on Saturday. He was 80.

Kofi Annan, the first black African to lead the United Nations, has died at age 80. He served as Secretary-General at a time when worries about the Cold War were replaced by threats of global ...

Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, dead at 80 00:40. Kofi Annan, the first black African UN secretary-general, died Saturday after becoming ill. After his death was announced, leaders around ...

Kofi Annan of Ghana, whose popular and influential reign as secretary general of the United Nations was marred by White House anger at his opposition to the American invasion of Iraq in the early ...

Kofi Annan was one of the righteous people, a man of extraordinary intelligence, decency, warmth and joy of life. He helped to keep our world from blowing itself apart, ...

Kofi Annan is sitting in his private dining room on the 38th floor of the United Nations Building, sipping a glass of red wine at lunch. He sounds hurt and angry as he talks about the “lynch mob ...

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, has died.

Early in 2022, Kofi Annan released "Bull in a China Shop: Evolution of a Racial Activist" (2022). The 237-page book is a brutally honest memoir by the past president of the Fairfax County National ...

This morning, Kofi Annan’s office announced that Damascus has accepted his Six Point Plan to end the crisis in Syria. This is potentially a big turning point in the year long struggle in Syria, and ...