Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan has died-foundation

FILE PHOTO: U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse /File Photo - Copyright Denis Balibouse(Reuters)

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Published on 18/08/2018 - 13:02•Updated 23/04/2024 - 12:31

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ACCRA (Reuters) - Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation said on Saturday.

Annan, of Ghanaian nationality, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two close associates of Annan said.