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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
    Food Prices
    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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