BREAKING: Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is dead
Kofi Annan
Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is dead
He is said to have died in Switzerland around 5am on Saturday.
Kofi A. Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations and is the founder and chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation.
In 2001, he and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Kofi Annan was praised for being “pre-eminent in bringing new life to the organization.” (Norwegian Nobel Committee, October 2001).
He was born in Kumasi, Ashanti Region on April 8, 1938.
