ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The body of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has received a hero’s welcome upon landing at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana’s capital. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Kofi Annan’s fellow Ghanaians finally got their moment to bid farewell to the Nobel laureate on Thursday, in an elaborate state funeral for the first black African to ever lead the ...

A senior official at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has called for stronger involvement ...

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has brought together key stakeholders in Kumasi for the ...

The Kofi Annan Forum brought together over two hundred high-level delegates and diplomats from governmental and intergovernmental organizations (including the African Union and its Regional Economic ...

Kofi Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. According to AFP, the former UN chief died on Saturday, August 18, 2018 after a brief illness, at the age of 80.

Children: with Nane Lagergren Annan: Nina (stepdaughter); with Titi Alakija: Kojo, Ama Education: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Macalester ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Streets were hushed as the West African nation of Ghana on Saturday mourned Kofi Annan, the grandson of tribal chiefs who became the first black African to assume the world’s top ...

ACCRA, Ghana -- Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died ...

The body of Kofi Annan was returned to his native Ghana on Monday in a solemn ceremony marking the start of official mourning. [AFP] The body of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has received a ...