(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 07, 2017 Kofi Atta Annan (2ndL) and his wife, Nane Marie Annan (R) attend the swearing-in ceremony of Nana Akufo-Addo (unseen) as new elected President of the fourth Republic of Ghana, in Independence Square in the capital Accra. - Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died on August 18, 2018 after a short illness at the age of 80, his foundation announced. "It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness," the foundation said in a statement. (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP)