Annan lashed out at state of global leadership before death

Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday, lashed out at the state of global leadership in an exclusive interview with AFP last year, urging more cooperation to deal with terrorism, migration and climate change."Honestly speaking, we are in a mess," the Nobel peace laureate said on December 12 ahead of a major climate conference in Paris.Speaking two years to the day after the Paris climate deal was agreed -- and following President Donald Trump's announcement that the United States would