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Body Of Kofi Annan Arrives Native Ghana For Burial Rites [Photos]

'Dotun Akintomide
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The body of Kofi Annan was on Monday returned to his native Ghana in a solemn ceremony marking the start of official mourning for the former UN secretary-general.

Annan’s wife Nane Maria Annan, his children and senior officials from the world body accompanied the casket, which was draped in the blue UN flag, as it arrived from Geneva.

Ghanaian soldiers cover the coffin of late Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Atta Annan with the Ghanaian flag on the tarmac of Kotoka International Airport in Accra on September 10, 2018. PHOTO | CRISTINA ALDEHUELA | AFP

The career diplomat and Nobel peace laureate, the first UN leader from sub-Saharan Africa, died on August 18 after a short illness at the age of 80.

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who has praised Annan as “one of the most illustrious people of this generation”, was among the dignitaries at the arrival ceremony.

 

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