And unless Kenya makes progress soon in setting up a court to try those responsible for the horrific post-election violence in 2007, Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general who helped mediate an end to the violence, will hand a list of names to the ICC for prosecution.

ECONOMIST: The worst crimes, the law and the UN Security Council

For the past few months, diplomacy has focused on a plan, overseen by Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, to negotiate an effective ceasefire under a team of monitors and to set up an interim unity government.

ECONOMIST: Syria

The peace initiative of Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, is really a product of Russia's making.

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