Members of the public pay their respects as the coffin of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan lies in state at the Accra International Conference Center in Ghana Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Ghanaians are paying their respects to Annan, who died in August in Switzerland at age 80, ahead of Thursday’s state funeral. (Sunday Alamba/Associated Press)ACCRA, Ghana — Ghanaians are paying their respects to former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ahead of Thursday’s state funeral. Annan died in August in Switzerland at age 80. Ghana has said several African heads of state from Zimbabwe, Liberia, Ivory Coast and elsewhere are expected to attend the funeral.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 12:26 UTC