Formerly, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations. Founding Chair, Kofi Annan Foundation, catalysing action towards healthy and fair societies by promoting sustainable development, conflict resolution and human rights; influences policy-makers and convenes leaders to addresses threats such as drugs, climate change, hunger and conflict. Mediation and diplomacy efforts seek to promote peace in various hot spots across the world. Chair: The Elders; Africa Progress Panel. Joint recipient, with the United Nations, Nobel Prize for Peace (2001).
Growing up in Ghana, I learned how harsh the harmattan can be. The dry, dusty wind from the Sahara sweeps across West Africa from November to March. It brings dust storms that damage airw...
Today, the United Nations Security Council has more sanctions regimes in place than at any time in its history. During the 1990s, the maximum was eight; in the 2000s, the peak rose to 12;...
