Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to be buried in home country Ghana on September 13
World | August 25, 2018 16:03 ISTAnnan will be buried at the Burma Camp military cemetery in Accra.
Annan will be buried at the Burma Camp military cemetery in Accra.
Kofi Annan served two terms as UN secretary General from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2006. He died at the age of 80.
The first black African to carry the role of top diplomat across the world, Annan served two terms from 1997 to 2006.
Annan raised concerns over the actions of President Abdulla Yameen's regime regarding independent institutions, which he claimed were in violation of the spirit of democracy.
“We are seeing more and more troubles and conflicts still continuing, because of the lack of global commitment and global vision”
Delhi government’s ‘Mohalla Clinics’ has come in for praise by a global body chaired by former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.
London: Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis."I am bitterly
The Hague: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, who faces charges of crimes against humanity related to the deadly post-election violence in 2008, has pleaded not guilty, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday."How was it that somebody innocent,
New York, Oct 13 : Rajat Gupta, Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director convicted of insider trading, has received letters of support from the likes of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former UN Secretary General Kofi
Baghdad, Jul 10: Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed to a new UN-brokered peace plan focusing on containing the most violent areas of the country, then expanding to the entire nation, international envoy Kofi Annan
Beirut, Jul 7: Special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged in an interview published Saturday that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed.Annan told the French
Damascus, May 11: Residents in the Syrian capital, Damascus, began the long task of clearing up their wrecked homes and streets on Friday, a day after two suicide car bombs ripped through the city.The blasts
Damascus, Apr 25: A car bomb rocked Damascus on Tuesday, a day after nearly 60 were killed across Syria, as international peace envoy Kofi Annan said violence levels were “unacceptable” 12 days into a promised
Geneva, Apr 16: International envoy Kofi Annan's spokesman says the advance team of six U.N. observers have arrived in Damascus to monitor Syria's 4-day-old cease-fire.Ahmad Fawzi says the remaining 25 observers are expected to arrive
Beirut, Apr 15: Syrian troops shelled residential neighbourhoods dominated by rebels in the central city of Homs on Sunday, activists said, hours before the first batch of United Nations observers were to arrive in Damascus
Damascus, Mar 16 : Huge rallies played up support for Syria's president today despite a new “massacre” report and a refugee exodus to Turkey as a deadly revolt against his autocratic rule entered a second
Damascus, Mar 12: Peace envoy Kofi Annan emerged optimistic on sunday from talks with President Bashar al-Assad but warned of a “tough” mission to end bloodletting in Syria, even as soldiers were pounding a rebel
Beirut, Mar 11: At least 62 persons, mostly soldiers and rebels, were killed in violence across Syria on Saturday , the first of a two-day visit by international peace envoy Kofi Annan, a monitor said.Among
United Nations, Mar 10 : Kofi Annan, the new Syria envoy, will meet Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Saturday morning and deliver a message that all violence must stop, the U.N. chief said
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