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, ...

He is said to have died in Switzerland following a short illness. 1. Kofi A. Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. Kofi Annan joined the UN system in 1962 as an administrative ...

Officials from across the UN system have been paying tribute to the man who led the global body for a decade, starting in January 1997. He was Secretary-General during what has been described as one ...

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

Two secretaries-general and diplomats from the world that Kofi Annan served for nearly 45 years paid tribute to him at the United Nations Friday, but the most moving words were from his wife and son ...

The University at Buffalo will kick off its 2009-10 Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept.

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 early Saturday ...

Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 2, 2012. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a ...