
Kofi Annan, the first black African to serve as UN secretary-general, has died aged 80
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work and served two terms as United Nations chief from 1997 to 2006 Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has died aged 80 following a short illness. The Ghanaian served as the world’s top diplomat between 1997 and 2006, before going on to become UN special envoy for Syria. The […]
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