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 ...

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, who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first African-American secretary-general and one of the world's most celebrated diplomats, died Saturday. He was 80.

Kofi Annan — a small man with a grey goatee, smiling from behind his desk in New York — once recalled that his first day as United Nation's secretary-general was like his first day at school.

Enyimnyam (Dignity) “Once my father did something that quite shocked me.” Kofi Annan is talking. He is nestled in the back of a royal-blue Mercedes, part of a six-car motorcade flying along ...

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 ...

The legacy of Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, shines like a light of hope for young black boys in a world that is frequently plagued by conflict, inequality, and injustice. The seventh ...

2007 – Founds the Kofi Annan Foundation, a non-profit promoting global sustainable development, peace and security. 2007 – Chairs the 10-member advocacy group, the Africa Progress Panel.

By James Amoh Junior, GNAAccra, May 26, 2025 , GNA – The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has ...