He became the seventh General Secretary of the United Nations (UN), working tirelessly to bring peace to war ravaged countries. His death, according to his family in a statement from the Kofi Annan ...

Kofi A. Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations and is the founder and chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation. He is said to have died in Switzerland around 5am on Saturday. In 2001, he ...

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 ...

*(Via PBS) – 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 ...

When the Alliance was established in 2005 as an initiative by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the international order ...

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.

"A refugee's life, regardless of age, is never an easy one. But for many reasons, exile is particularly hard on the young. In addition to the usual emotional strains associated with coming of age, ...

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, ...