Global and local leaders gathered in his native Ghana for an elaborate celebration of Mr. Annan, the first black African to ever lead the United Nations. By Eugenia A. Tenkorang and Megan Specia A ...

Children: with Nane Lagergren Annan: Nina (stepdaughter); with Titi Alakija: Kojo, Ama Education: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Macalester ...

ACCRA, Ghana -- Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died ...

Kofi Annan, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat who rose through the ranks of the United Nations to become its first black African secretary-general and reshape the organization as a proponent of ...

YEN.com.gh takes a closer look at Kofi Balmer, the Northern Irish footballer who is reportedly named after former UN ...

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), Congressman J.D Hayworth (R ...

The U.N. Security Council has a full agenda these days with the Middle East crisis and nuclear showdowns with Iran and North Korea. The five permanent members have another major job - searching for a ...

Was descended from tribal chiefs on both sides of his parents. Had a twin sister, Efua Atta, who died in 1991. They shared the middle name Atta, which means twin in the Ghanaian language of Akan. Was ...