Today Tuesday August 18, 2026, marks eight years since the passing of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a towering Ghanaian diplomat whose life and service left an enduring mark on the United Nations and the global pursuit of peace. Kofi Annan died on August 18, 2018, in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 80, following a short illness. The United Nations mourned the loss of a leader who had come to embody the ideals of diplomacy,…
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