Ghana: World leaders bid farewell to Kofi Annan
World leaders and royalty have paid their respects to one of Africa’s most famous diplomats, Kofi Annan, at his funeral in his home country of Ghana. It is the climax of three days of mourning…
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Ghana: Kofi Annan’s Body Returns Home
The body of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been flown back to his native Ghana for a state funeral. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received Annan’s widow, Nane Annan, and family at Accra’s…
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Dies
GENEVA — 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. He was…