Kofi Annan — a small man with a grey goatee, smiling from behind his desk in New York — once recalled that his first day as United Nation's secretary-general was like his first day at school. The ...

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010, file photo, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa. Two secretaries-general and diplomats from ...

Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize-winning Ghanaian diplomat died Saturday (Aug. 18) at age 80. Annan passed away peacefully Saturday (Aug. 18) after ...

Celebrated United Nations diplomat Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. Annan's foundation announced his passing in Switzerland on Saturday. "It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi ...

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the first black man to ever hold the position, has died at the age of 80. According to a statement posted on Twitter, Annan died after a short illness and was ...

OSLO, Norway – The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their efforts to achieve a “more peaceful world.” Annan, who has devoted almost his entire ...

Kofi Annan delivers his farewell address as Secretary General of the United Nations today. At the end of the month, Annan will end his 10-year leadership of the United Nations. He has long been ...

UNITED NATIONS – Two secretary-generals 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 ...

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 has died, his ...