Danny Bradlow's SARCHI chair is funded by the National Research Foundation. Kofi Annan (80) was an important historical figure who played a critical role in many key events of the 1990s and 2000s. His ...

Kofi Annan has been described as one of "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 ...

Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of ...

Kofi Annan, a former United Nations secretary-general, died Saturday, the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation confirmed. He was 80 years old. "Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United ...

Annan speaking to reporters on December 19 (epa) UNITED NATIONS, December 20, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- During his farewell press conference, outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that ...

GENEVA (AP) -- 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, ...

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 continent. A ...

The author meeting with, from left, Julie and Harry Belafonte, Kofi Annan, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on February 15, 2003, the day of massive global protest against the impending US invasion of Iraq ...

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 served as the Secretary-General for the United Nations from 1997-2006, passed away peacefully on Saturday Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at ...