br According to Reuters, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday hailed the late former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as a consummate international diplomat who had brought immense pride to his country. Annan, who was also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died at a hospital in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday at the age of 80. Akufo-Addo said the government and people of Ghana were saddened by the news of the death of “one of our greatest compatriots.