Special envoy Kofi Annan says that Syria has informed him that the country will stop all military action by 6 a.m. Thursday.

GENEVA (AP) — Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, ...

GENEVA/ABIDJAN, May 11 (Reuters) - The presidents of Ghana and Ivory Coast agreed on Monday to negotiate an amicable end to issues around their maritime dispute, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - 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, ...