Kofi Annan was from which African country?
A. Ghana
B. Kango
C. Nigeria
D. South Africa
Answer:A
Kofi Annan was from which African country?
A. Ghana B. Kango C. Nigeria D. South Africa
Explanation: Kofi Annan (80), the former UN secretary-general and a Ghanaian diplomat, has passed away in Switzerland on August 18, 2018. Kofi Annan was a national of African country Ghana and was the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation (UNO) from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. He was the 7th Secretary-General of the body and was the first black African to be appointed to this prestigious post. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize for Peace with the UN "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world”. Under his leadership, the UN introduced the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, in which countries of the world committed to ending poverty within 15 years. In September 2016, Annan was appointed to lead a UN commission to investigate the Rohingya crisis.