Kofi Annan has been laid to rest in his native Ghana as world leaders paid tributes to the former UN secretary general with calls to keep alive the legacy of a "stubborn optimist" to create a better, more peaceful world.
At the funeral on Thursday Sep 13,2018, Annan's widow, Nane
Maria, led hundreds of mourners, including world leaders past and
present, traditional rulers and global royalty, and called her husband
an "extraordinary" person who had a "joy of life"
"My love, you are now back home where you started
your long journey. But may your wisdom and compassion continue to guide
us, wherever we are," she said at the state funeral in the capital,
Accra.
Annan led the UN from 1997 to 2006, becoming the first person from sub-Saharan Africa to do so.He died on Aug 18,2018 at the age of 80 at his home in Switzerland after a short illness
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