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Former UN chief Kofi Annan has died: foundation
GENEVA, Aug 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Former United Nations Secretary General
and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died Saturday after a short
illness at the age of 80, his foundation announced.
“It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan
Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United
Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th
August after a short illness,” the foundation said in a statement.
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