Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more at Wikipedia

The curious tale of the missing MDGs and Africa's progress

Posted on 2013-05-21 16:26:00 from Mmegi Online

...eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have driven the global development agenda since September 2000, when Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, and 191 member states surprised the world by unanimously agreeing and making, the Millennium...

East Africa’s mineral paradox: Want among plenty

Posted on 2013-05-21 15:40:00 from Afronline

...of highly impressive growth has not brought comparable improvements in health, education and nutrition,” said APP’s head Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. “International tax avoidance and evasion, corruption, and weak governance represent...

Court to Hear Gupta Appeal

Posted on 2013-05-21 13:25:00 from Wall Street Journal

...in the developing world, including HIV-prevention and efforts to eradicate malaria. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, were among the corporate leaders and dignitaries who wrote letters...

If Water Causes World War III, Then Food Will Cause World War Iv

Posted on 2013-05-21 10:29:00 from AllAfrica.com

...sleep hungry, last night as high food prices pushed 70 million more people into extreme poverty. Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, says 80% of the current fertile farmland in sub-Saharan Africa will turn to "dustbowls" at the turn this century. This...

Africa: The 2012 Africa Progress Panel Report

Posted on 2013-05-21 09:20:00 from AllAfrica.com

...10-member Africa Progress Panel (APP) chaired by former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, and charged with monitoring the continent's socio-economic development and proffering advice, presented its 2012 report in Cape Town, South Africa,...

The foundation of human security in every society

Posted on 2013-05-21 09:18:00 from openDemocracy

...2006, then-Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said: “The world is starting to grasp that there is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls. And I would venture that no...

Danish designer finds inspiration in Ashanti empire

Posted on 2013-05-20 16:22:00 from Guardian Unlimited

...and Ivory Coast, simply cutting up their fabrics is not due regard. Perhaps knowing that contemporary Akanmen include Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah and Saville Row tailor Ozwald Boateng would adjust the impulse? The majority of African fabrics, like Akan cloths,...

Ghanaians abroad: Europe slots and goals

Posted on 2013-05-20 14:16:00 from MTN Football

...in the Juve team. SPAIN Mubarak Wakaso played the entire 90 minutes for Espanyol who lost 2-0 at Deportivo La Coruna. Anthony Annan was not in the Osasuna side that lost 1-0 at Granada. FRANCE Samuel Inkoom was axed from the Bastia first team squad as they...

ENRC takeover proposal rejected

Posted on 2013-05-20 12:23:00 from BNE | Business New Europe

...Stanley quit as advisers to the company in early May. On May 10, a report by former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel criticised the Kazakh miner for "opaque concessions trading costing the Democratic Republic of Congo $725m"....

Brewers reliever Badenhop chased baseball over career in economics

Posted on 2013-05-20 10:33:00 from The Chippewa Herald

...a baseball player, but quarterback John Elway and the singer Lionel Richie were econ majors. You can add Mick Jagger, Kofi Annan, George H.W. Bush, Ted Turner and Donald Trump to the list of econ majors.” By his senior year, Badenhop was set to graduate with...