OSLO, Norway — The Norwegian Nobel Committee issued a statement Friday regarding the act of "giving away" a Nobel Prize. While the committee did not explicitly mention the reason for the statement, ...

Children: with Nane Lagergren Annan: Nina (stepdaughter); with Titi Alakija: Kojo, Ama Education: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Macalester ...

ACCRA/GENEVA - Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his foundation said on Saturday. Annan, a Ghanaian national, died in ...

GENEVA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today hailed the decision of the Nobel Committee to bestow this year's Peace Nobel Prize on the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi ...

Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died early Saturday ...