Kofi Annan, former United Nations Chief passes away

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The former United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his family said on Saturday.

It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness… pic.twitter.com/42nGOxmcPZ

— Kofi Annan (@KofiAnnan) August 18, 2018

A resident of Ghana, Annan was the seventh secretary general of the UN between 1997 and 2006 and won the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work.
Born in Kumasi, Ghana on 8 April 1938, he was the first secretary general to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff.