(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 07, 2013 Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan receives the Bertelsmann foundation's Reinhard Mohn Prize in Guetersloh, western Germany. The prize has the aim to reward innovative and exemplary approaches to political and social problem areas. PHOTO BY CAROLINE SEIDEL / DPA / AFP
GENEVA: Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died at the age of 80 on Saturday after a short illness, his foundation announced.