Kofi Annan’s funeral to be private event as more tributes pour in
— 20th August 2018
Kofi Annan’s family has remained private with little information in the public domain. He first married a Nigerian woman, Titi Alakija, in 1965. Together they had a daughter, Ama, and a son, Kojo.
• UN to hold separate ceremony, fly flags at half mast around the world
Kofi Annan Foundation said yesterday his funeral would be a private event, but did not provide further details, ATS news agency reported.
It said a separate United Nations ceremony would be held at a later date. The UN said it would fly flags at half mast at all of its locations around the world through tomorrow. The former UN Secretary General, Nobel peace laureate and “diplomatic rock star” died at the weekend at the age of 80. From Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around…
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