Reporting from 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 ...

(CNN) -- 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 ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The world is grieving former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the loss hits close to home for Macalester College. Kofi Annan was a member of Macalester's 1961 graduating class.

World leaders past and present are honoring the memory of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at age 80. Annan was the U.N.’s first black Secretary-General, and its ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Former President Barack Obama released a statement Saturday on the passing of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "Kofi Annan was a diplomat and humanitarian who embodied the ...

ACCRA, Ghana – United in sorrow, world leaders and international dignitaries came to Ghana to pay their last respects to the late United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan who was honored with a ...

Marriages: Nane (Lagergren) Annan (1984-present); Titi Alakija (1965-1983, divorced) Children: with Nane Lagergren Annan: Nina (stepdaughter); with Titi Alakija: Kojo, Ama Education: University of ...

The communication consultancy, Kingdom Concepts Consult (KCC), and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre ...

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80. Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General, for two terms between 1997 and 2006. World leaders are paying ...

As Secretary-General Annan prepares to leave his post at the United Nations, a mystery is surfacing surrounding his apartment on Roosevelt Island, subsidized by New York taxpayers, which is still in ...

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