General News of Saturday, 18 August 2018

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What world leaders are saying about Ghana’s Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan died at age 80 Kofi Annan died at age 80

Tributes keep pouring in thick and fast from leaders across the globe after the death of former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan took the world by storm.

The former UN Chief died peacefully on Saturday 18th August 2018, the family said.

Kofi Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. He was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations (UN) staff to serve as the Secretary-General.

We captured below how some world leaders and institutions saw him.