Read the latest press articles by Kofi Annan
Digital Dangers to Democracy
This article by Laura Chinchilla, Former President of Costa Rica and Chair of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital...Read More
A debate with Prof Francis Fukuyama
As the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age held its inaugural meetings at Stanford University this week,...Read More
“When we pause to remember the many lives lost on 11 November, we must cast our eyes forward to the opportunities for reconciliation”
Following the successful launch of a new report on reconciliation in Geneva, Alan Doss of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Scott Weber...Read More
Snakebite: The biggest public health crisis you’ve never heard of
This article by Kofi Annan has appeared in French in Le Monde and in Spanish in El Mundo. A few years ago,...Read More
No society can prosper without sustainable access to water
This article is based on a speech on sustainable access to water given by Kofi Annan on 25 June 2018 at the...Read More
How we envy the World Cup! – by Kofi Annan
I wrote this article in 2006, ahead of the World Cup In Germany. I was still the secretary general and the Millennium Development...Read More
Peace building in Myanmar: Lessons learned from the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State – by Alan Doss
The demand for the international community to undertake complex, multidimensional peace-building efforts has increased markedly in recent decades. It was one of...Read More
“The developing world is an easy target for populists” – Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 and is a co-recipient with the U.N. of the 2001...Read More
How to address food-sustainability challenges in sub-Saharan Africa – by Kofi Annan
Despite its huge agricultural potential, Africa spends around US$35bn each year on food imports. This number may rise above US$110bn by 2025...Read More
Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa
This article originally appeared in Nature 555, 7 (2018). In 2000, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of political leaders ever held....Read More
