Former UN Chief and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan Has Died

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan delivers an address before the multi-sector advisory commission on Rakhine State in Sittwe on Sept. 6, 2016. Romeo Gacada/AFP/Getty Images

Kofi Annan, the controversial seventh secretary-general of the United Nations, has died.

His death, at age 80, was announced by the Kofi Annan Foundation.