BREAKING NEWS: FORMER UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, KOFFI ANNAN IS DEAD

Written by Amarachi Ogbonnaya

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.

FORMER UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, KOFFI ANNAN

He was born in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana on April 8, 1938. 

He once described himself as being "Atribal in a tribal world."

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Kofi A. Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations and is the founder and chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation.

In 2001, he and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Kofi Annan was praised for being “pre-eminent in bringing new life to the organization.” (Norwegian Nobel Committee, October 2001).