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August 20, 2018

Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan Dies
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And Kofi Annan has died at the age 80 at a hospital in Bern,
Switzerland, on Saturday. Born in Ghana, Annan served as the United
Nations secretary-general from 1997 to 2006, becoming the first and only
black African to hold the position. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize. He vehemently opposed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq,
calling the action "illegal." Annan has been criticized for his role as
head of the United Nations peacekeeping operations from 1993 to 1997
during the Rwandan genocide and the Srebrenica massacre. This is the