Leaders laud ex-UN chief Kofi Annan at Ghana state funeral

Annan's wife, Nane "thanked God for giving her such an extraordinary human being," while his daughter Ama Annan Adedeji said her father "was one of the most loving people l have known."

Mourners have thronged to the conference center in Accra, where his coffin has been since his body arrived Monday, and where the funeral was held.

A private burial follows at Accra's Military Cemetery, with full military honors and a 17-gun salute.

AP