@jeffrey_kwakye_: Busumuru Kofi Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a legendary Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. He and the UN jointly won the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, and he was later honored with the prestigious title "Busumuru" by the Asantehene. Born in Kumasi, Ghana, on April 8, 1938. He Served as the first sub-Saharan African UN Secretary-General, guiding the organization through major global challenges.Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for his work toward a better, more peaceful world Kofi Annan received numerous awards and accolades including the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, which he shared with the UN "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world He was also awarded the Four Freedoms Award in 2004 Annan declined the U Thant Peace Award in 2006. In 2010, he received the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion from the World Food Prize Foundation for his leadership in global food security Additionally, he was honored with the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize in 2006. Kofi Annan died on the morning of 18 August 2018 in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 80, after a short illness.António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, said that Annan was "a global champion for peace" and "a guiding force for good".Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad also said he was saddened by the death of Annan. His body was returned to his native Ghana from Geneva in a brief and solemn ceremony at the Accra International Airport in Accra, on 10 September. His coffin, draped in the blue UN flag, was accompanied by his widow Nane, his children and senior diplomats from the international organisation. #ghanatiktok🇬🇭 #fyp #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #viral

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