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The body of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was repatriated to his homeland, Ghana, to be buried there.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday received Annan's widow, Nane Annan, and her family at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
Six Ghanaian soldiers carried the draped coffin of the American flag. The American flag was then replaced by the red, yellow and green flag of Annan's homeland at a solemn ceremony attended by Annan's family and senior officials from Ghana and the United States.
Annan's body will be in state at the Accra International Conference Center, where the public is invited to pay tribute before Thursday's national funeral.
The Nobel laureate and first African to serve as US Secretary General died on August 18 in Bern, Switzerland. He was 80 years old.
