Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs.

Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs.

Kofi Atta Annan, the first black African UN secretary-general, has died at the age of 80, diplomats have reported. The Ghanaian diplomat led the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.

Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations, was the organization’s first black African secretary-general.

Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs.

Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs. He shared his middle name Atta -- "twin" in Ghana ...

During his tenure, Kofi Annan presided over some of the worst failures and scandals at the United Nations, one of its most turbulent periods since its founding in 1945.

Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs.

Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs.