Kofi Annan, the only black African to become UN secretary-general, has died. The 80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said.

Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80, spent nine years in charge of the world's largest international diplomatic body, the UN, in a tenure that covered the 9/11 attacks and the US-led ...

Nane Lagergren Annan married Kofi 34 years ago after they first met in Geneva. Nane was working- in the same office with Kofi- at the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as a legal ...