Ghana mourns death of Annan, 'one of our greatest compatriots'


  • World
  • Saturday, 18 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO - Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East/File Photo

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday hailed the late former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as a consummate international diplomat who had brought immense pride to his country.

He ordered Ghana's national flag to be flown at half-mast across the country and in all of the country's diplomatic missions from Monday for one week.

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