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

Kofi Annan, who served as the Secretary-General for the United Nations from 1997-2006, passed away peacefully on Saturday Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at ...

When Ghanaian Kofi Annan ended his service as United Nations Secretary-General in 2006, he closed the book on four decades of service in the international body. Known for his affable, ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan says U.S. President Donald Trump should reach out and talk to Iran, which by signing the nuclear deal with six major powers and re-electing President ...

In every generation we depend on a few people of supreme decency and intelligence to hold the world together. In Jewish tradition, there are at all times 36 tzadikim, righteous people, without whom ...

After Annan’s death, Krishnadev Calamur wrote about how the former United Nations secretary-general became a proponent of diplomatic interventions to alleviate human suffering. Krishnadev Calamur’s ...

The author meeting with, from left, Julie and Harry Belafonte, Kofi Annan, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on February 15, 2003, the day of massive global protest against the impending US invasion of Iraq ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. On December 21, 2004, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened his annual end-of-year press ...

Kofi Annan, who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first African-American secretary-general and one of the world's most celebrated diplomats, died Saturday. He was 80. Annan ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The secretary-general describes the evolving concept of sovereignty and the importance of the United Nations in maintaining global security.