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Annan (R), pictured with Kende-Robb, says Africa’s resource wealth can lift millions out of poverty
Annan leads launch of Africa Progress Report 2013

Friday 10 May 2013 12:21

Africa Progress Panel chairperson Kofi Annan says the launch of the Africa Progress Report 2013 is about talk on aspirations and opportunities for Africa and about the continent’s potential wealth.

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Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan talks about his book 'Interventions: A Life in War and Peace'.
I witnessed major events of our time: Annan

Tuesday 15 January 2013 06:06

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says his new memoir came about because he was witness to some of the major events of our time - from the collapse of the Cold War to the Rwandan genocide.

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Syria mediator seeks to revive UN ceasefire plan

Wednesday 17 October 2012 05:32

The UN Arab League mediator in the Syria conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, is attempting to persuade the Syrian government and rebels to accept a ceasefire

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Annan rings alarm bells over Kenya’s presidential candidates

Friday 12 October 2012 05:30

Kenya's risks international isolation if either of the two presidential candidates who are also suspects at the International Criminal Court win the country's March polls.

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Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
Kofi Annan warns of ethnic violence in Kenya ahead of election

Thursday 11 October 2012 18:10

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan says he is "deeply concerned" by recent bouts of ethnic violence in Kenya

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International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi.
Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat

Sunday 16 September 2012 09:10

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad that the escalating conflict in the country posed a global threat.

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UN and Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi
Brahimi begins Syria mission with Egypt, League talks

Monday 10 September 2012 05:45

UN and Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins his Syria mission by meeting League officials and senior Egyptian leaders.

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Former Syrian peace envoy, Kofi Annan
Dim hope of success for Syria peace envoy: Analysts

Saturday 8 September 2012 07:17

Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi faces the arduous task of seeking an end to a bloody conflict that has dim hopes of a peaceful outcome, as world powers remain divided over a solution, analysts say.

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Over 100 people were killed in raids, bombings and airstrikes in Syria
Gulf States criticise Syria as more than 100 killed

Monday 3 September 2012 07:00

Arab Gulf monarchies lambasted Syria's regime for deploying heavy weapons against its civilians.

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Annan out; in Ibrahimi: African envoys in Syria and the power chess

Monday 20 August 2012 18:27

Algeria's Al-Akhdar Al-Ibrahimi will replace Kofi Annan as the new UN and Arab League special envoy on Syria at the end of August. As Siphamandla Zondi analyses Ibrahimi’s mission is unenviable.

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International envoy for the conflict in Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
China says will 'cooperate' with new UN Syria envoy

Saturday 18 August 2012 18:35

China has welcomed the naming of Lakhdar Brahimi as the new international envoy for the conflict in Syria, vowing support and cooperation for his mission after he replaced Kofi Annan.

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Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi
Algeria's Brahimi to take over as Syria mediator -UN

Saturday 18 August 2012 07:13

UN has confirmed that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi would become the new international mediator on Syria.

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UN monitors quit, saying Syrians choose "path of war"

Friday 17 August 2012 06:07

Syria's government and rebels have "chosen the path of war", a UN peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus

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'Syrian air raid kills 30 in rebel-held town'

Wednesday 15 August 2012 20:16

A Syrian air raid has killed 30 people in the rebel-held northern border town of Azaz.

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SA to be included in AGOA extension: Clinton

Tuesday 7 August 2012 17:55

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given the assurance that her country will work to keep South Africa as a beneficiary of AGOA.

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Former Irish Prime Minister and human rights activist, Mary Robinson
Robinson, Machel criticise UN over Syria failure

Tuesday 7 August 2012 16:58

Former Irish Prime Minister and human rights activist Mary Robinson has criticised the United Nations Security Council for its inability to find a solution to the conflict in Syria.

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Kofi Annan's has resigned as Syria's peace envoy.
SA saddened by Annan's departure

Friday 3 August 2012 19:22

President Jacob Zuma says South Africa is saddened by the stepping down of UN envoy Kofi Annan as mediator in Syria.

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Russia sends navy vessels to Syria base-agencies

Friday 3 August 2012 15:23

Moscow is sending three large landing ships with marines aboard to a Russian naval facility in the Syrian port of Tartus.

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Lack of unity led to resignation: Annan

Friday 3 August 2012 05:22

Kofi Annan says the continued militarization on the ground and the clear lack of unity in the Security Council has changed the circumstances for the effective exercise of his mediation role in Syria.

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Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin says he "regrets" Annan's resignation
Ban discussing replacement for Annan

Thursday 2 August 2012 20:06

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is consulting with the Arab League to find a successor to Syria envoy Kofi Annan, whose resignation will take effect August 31.

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