Former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday morning. Annan, a Nobel Peace Prize winner has died at the ripe old age of 80 years. He was born in Ghana in 1938 and served as the seventh Secretary General of UN from 1997 to 2006. Annan was the first among others to rise from within the ranks of the United Nations staff. Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world’s top diplomat. He had also served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday morning. Annan, a Nobel Peace Prize winner has died at the ripe old age of 80 years. He was born in Ghana in 1938 and served as the seventh Secretary General of UN from 1997 to 2006. Annan was the first among others to rise from within the ranks of the United Nations staff. Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world’s top diplomat. He had also served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.