DISAPPEAR - Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, he led the UN from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. He died Saturday at the age of 80.

His name will remain associated with that of the UN: Kofi Annan died Wednesday at the hospital in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 80 years. "It is with great sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel laureate died peacefully Saturday, August 18, after a short-term illness" , the foundation said in a statement.

Born April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, Kofi Annan was the first black African to lead the United Nations (UN). After working for the World Health Organization (WHO), he joined the United Nations in 1962. He served as Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006, earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. as a reward for his work "for a better organized and more peaceful world".