The family of Kofi Annan has in a statement said the former Secretary- General of the United Nations will be buried in Ghana.
 A portion of the statement read,“The Government of Ghana will shortly announce the arrangements for a State ceremony, which will take place in Accra,†the family announced.
The statement further noted the United Nations will hold memorial “events in New York and Geneva†for its former Secretary-General prior to the ceremony in Ghana,
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“The family has kindly asked that no flowers be sent. For those still wishing to have their thoughts and support reflected in a gift, they suggest a contribution to the Kofi Annan Foundation:www.kofiannanfoundation.org/donate,†it added.
The former United Nation’s Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, passed on Saturday, August 2018, after a short illness at a Hospital in the Swiss city of Bern.