Global and local leaders gathered in his native Ghana for an elaborate celebration of Mr. Annan, the first black African to ever lead the United Nations. By Eugenia A. Tenkorang and Megan Specia A ...

ACCRA, Ghana -- 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 ...

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

Kofi Annan, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first black African secretary-general and reshape the organization as a proponent of ...

YEN.com.gh takes a closer look at Kofi Balmer, the Northern Irish footballer who is reportedly named after former UN ...

The U.N. Security Council has a full agenda these days with the Middle East crisis and nuclear showdowns with Iran and North Korea. The five permanent members have another major job - searching for a ...

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), Congressman J.D Hayworth (R ...

Was descended from tribal chiefs on both sides of his parents. Had a twin sister, Efua Atta, who died in 1991. They shared the middle name Atta, which means twin in the Ghanaian language of Akan. Was ...

U.S. Mission, Geneva, via Wikipedia. The death yesterday of Kofi Annan at the age of 80 will be marked with sadness around the world — including here in New York where, between 1997 and 2006, the ...