Kofi Annan died on 18 August 2018 in Bern, aged 80. A Ghanaian diplomat, Annan spent most of his career in the United Nations and became its seventh secretary-general, serving two terms from 1997 to 2006 as the first head of the organization from sub-Saharan Africa. He had earlier led peacekeeping operations during the 1990s, a period criticized for failures in Rwanda and Srebrenica, which he later said he deeply regretted. As secretary-general he championed the Millennium Development Goals and campaigned against HIV/AIDS. He and the United Nations shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. After leaving office he mediated in Kenya and served as joint special envoy for Syria in 2012, and he was a member of The Elders.
Before and after
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- 12 August 2018Launch of Parker Solar Probe
- 16 August 2018Death of Aretha Franklin
- 18 August 2018Death of Kofi Annan
- 20 August 2018Rise of Fridays for Future
- 25 August 2018Death of John McCain
- 17 September 2018Syria missile strikes
- from 22 September 2018 to 25 September 2018Pope Francis's visit to the Baltic states
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