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    • Monday, 20 August, 2018
      FT Magazine
      Kofi Annan: a look back at his frankest interview ever

      The global statesman talked to the FT in 2011 about his regrets over Rwanda, the UN’s strengths and weaknesses and his quest for peace

    • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
      ObituaryFT Schools
      Kofi Annan, UN leader in difficult times, 1938-2018

      ‘Secular monk’ stung by failures in Rwanda and Bosnia who never stopped working for peace

    • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
      World
      Kofi Annan — a life in pictures

      Snapshots from the life of the UN secretary-general and global statesman

    • Saturday, 18 August, 2018
      World
      Former UN secretary-general Annan dies, aged 80

      Nobel Peace Prize laureate passes away peacefully in Switzerland with family at his side

    • Saturday, 18 August, 2018
      World
      Former UN secretary-general Annan dies, aged 80

      Nobel Peace Prize laureate passes away peacefully in Switzerland with family at his side

    • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Donald Trump’s deal must put Palestinian rights centre stage

      Americans should know that a people deprived of liberty will never be pacified

    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      ObituaryNetherlands politics
      Ruud Lubbers, Dutch statesman devoted to the European project

      He belonged to a generation that redesigned the political structures of the EU

    • Friday, 16 June, 2017
      World
      Kofi Annan warns future of DR Congo in ‘grave danger’

      Former UN secretary-general hits at President Kabila over political crisis

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2016
      World
      Myanmar calls on Kofi Annan to head landmark Rohingya effort

      Former UN chief will lead group to deal with problems that fuelled regional migration crisis

    • Monday, 15 August, 2016
      World
      Zambian president Lungu wins re-election amid tense scenes
    • Thursday, 16 June, 2016
      David Pilling
      Kofi Annan defends International Criminal Court despite Africa row

      Ex-UN secretary-general rejects charges of court bias against continent

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2016
      ObituaryWorld
      Former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93

      Egyptian diplomat became first African and first Arab to head intergovernmental organisation

    • Friday, 29 January, 2016
      EU immigration
      There is something rotten in the state of Denmark

      The ‘jewellery law’ is an ill-conceived attempt to manage the flow of refugees, writes Bo Lidegaard

    • Monday, 25 January, 2016
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Cyprus: Crossing the divide

      Split along ethnic lines for four decades, there is fresh impetus to resolve this seemingly intractable dispute

    • Friday, 13 November, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Valérie Belin wins the 2015 Prix Pictet

      The French photographer says her winning series of work ‘represents a grotesque kind of immortality’

    • Thursday, 4 June, 2015
      World
      Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci sparks hope of Cyprus unity

      New president ‘always wanted a solution’ to decades of division

    • Sunday, 14 September, 2014
      Masters in Management
      Leadership lesson from Kofi Annan

      Kofi Annan constantly demonstrated essential elements of leadership throughout his career, writes Robert Helsley

    • Thursday, 29 May, 2014
      beyondbricsMarkets
      “Africa Rising” – but can it duck the commodity curse?
    • Wednesday, 21 May, 2014
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      Food for thought: Michael Schmidt scoops photography prize
    • Tuesday, 13 May, 2014
      Syrian crisis
      UN Syria envoy Brahimi to step down
    • Wednesday, 7 May, 2014
      Global trade
      Africa loses $20bn a year on fishing and logging
    • Friday, 6 December, 2013
      Markets
      Africans must walk to freedom in Mandela’s memory

      A man of unique authority, Mandela set a very high standard for us to attain, says Kofi Annan

    • Friday, 14 June, 2013
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      Mine deal adds to scrutiny of ENRC

      Deal will raise more questions about transparency

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2013
      beyondbricsMarkets
      Africa’s rising food imports
    • Friday, 10 May, 2013
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