Saturday 18 August 2018

Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize winner & former UN Secretary-General has died

Kofi Annan, a soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana, who became the seventh secretary general of the United Nations, projecting himself and his organization as the world’s conscience and moral arbiter despite bloody debacles that left indelible stains on his record as a peacekeeper, died on Saturday.
He was 80.
His death was confirmed by his family though a statement from the Kofi Annan Foundation, which is based in Switzerland. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, he was the first black African to head the United Nations, and led the organization for two successive five-year terms beginning in 1997 — a decade of turmoil that challenged the sprawling body and redefined its place in a changing world.
RIP sir!


Photos: HRH Princess Haya, wife of the ruler of Dubai pays tribute to Kofi Annan.


Photos: Ahead of funeral, Ghanaians bid farewell to Kofi Annan.

3 comments:

  1. Fearless15:56

    On Thursday na Areta Franklin, today na Kofi. God abeg o.

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  2. Boluwatife Adeosun15:57

    RIP.....

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  3. Adegoke Oluwapamilerin15:59

    REST IN POWER SIR.

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