Boutros Ghali

Adieu, Boutros Ghali, Africa’s first UN Chief

Adieu, Boutros Ghali, Africa’s first UN Chief

AFIRCA lost one of its pre-eminent pioneering sons on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 when the death of Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali at the ripe OLD age of 93 was announced. What most people know about this great man was that he was the first African to mount the exalted seat of Secretary General of the United Nations in 1992.