(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 18, 2014 Former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan attends a peace mediator conference at Loerenskog, Norway on June 18, 2014. The overriding topics are developments in the Middle East and the peace process in the Philippines. - 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 Berit ROALD / NTB SCANPIX / AFP)