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.

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan died Saturday, the foundation bearing his name confirmed. He was 80. "Kofi Annan was a global statesman and a deeply committed internationalist ...

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.

Kofi Annan has been described as “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 ...

A great son of Africa and a true global leader has passed away. Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary general from 1997 to 2006 and co-recipient, with the UN, of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 ...

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 ...

Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations has died. Skip to content NOWCAST KMBC 9 First News on KCWE at 8AM ...

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 ...