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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies

Publish Date
Sat, 18 Aug 2018, 10:19PM
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died age 80. Photo AP
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died age 80. Photo AP

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies

Publish Date
Sat, 18 Aug 2018, 10:19PM

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 died.

He was 80.

His foundation announced his death in a tweet tonight, saying that he died after a short unspecified illness.

Annan spent virtually his entire career as an administrator in the United Nations. He served two terms as secretary-general from Jan. 1, 1997 to Dec. 31, 2006, capped nearly mid-way when he and the UN were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.

During his tenure, Annan presided over some of the worst failures and scandals at the world body, one of its most turbulent periods since its founding in 1945.

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