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Africa: Kofi Annan - A Complicated Legacy of Achievements, Failures
The Conversation Africa, 19 August 2018
Kofi Annan (80) was an important historical figure who played a critical role in many key events of the 1990s and 2000s. His death is therefore an opportunity to both celebrate his… Read more »
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Africa: Kofi Annan Understood the Limits of Diplomacy
The Conversation Africa, 19 August 2018
Kofi Annan served as United Nations Secretary-General during a pivotal decade in modern world history - from 1997 to 2006. I would argue that his most important legacy was to focus… Read more »
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South Africa: Ramaphosa - Annan a Great Leader and Diplomat Extraordinaire
News24Wire, 18 August 2018
President Cyril Ramphosa on Saturday hailed former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday, for the impact he made on a global scale. Read more »
Kofi Annan Dies After Short Illness
The Ghanaian national, who lived in Switzerland, was a career diplomat who projected quiet charisma and is widely credited for raising the world body's profile in global politics during his two terms as UN chief, from 1997 to 2006. He was the first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Friends, leaders and organisations have been sharing their memories of the career diplomat, global leader, and passionate advocate Kofi Annan. He passed away after a short illnes Read more »
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Africa: Former UN Chief and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan Dies At 80
RFI, 18 August 2018
Former United Nations secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday after a short illness at the age of 80, his foundation announced. Read more »
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Africa: Statement by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the Passing of Kofi Annan
allAfrica, 18 August 2018
The world lost Kofi Annan today, a trail blazer for peace, freedom and for democracy, a voice of global moral authority, a humanitarian who never lost sight of his responsibility… Read more »
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Opposition political parties should stop making "unreasonable" demands to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission as they risk inciting public unrest, which has the potential to spawn ... Read more »
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The former United Nations secretary-general has criticised the International Criminal Court for not doing enough to protect witnesses from intimidation. Read more »
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Africa can boost its capacity to generate power - and, as a result, economic growth and jobs - without precipitating catastrophic climate change, Kofi Annan has argued in an ... Read more »
